Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for November 29, 2023

I will take my chance at the back of the plane in cattle class. Don’t think they are backing plains into mountains yet.

I will knock down and step on any person insisting on getting their carry ons from the overhead. I will grind my heels into their skull!

Reminds me of the classic comedy routine “Airline Announcements” by George Carlin

Tried to include a link but apparently that’s no longer allowed :(

Another cartoon Republicans will not understand.

They believe it’s just normal behavior.

Favorite flight-attendant safety messages, from back before they started playing recordings:

“If you’re traveling with a child, adjust your own oxygen mask first. If you’re traveling with more than one child, decide right now which one you love the most.”

“… and you unbuckle the seat belt the same way as every other seat belt you’ve ever used.”

“Our pilot today is Captain Crunch.”

“In the unlikely event of a water landing, you’ll know you’re not in Kansas any more.”

You can hardly blame them. It must get awfully boring after the 1000th repetition of the same line of patter, and at least these guys were entertaining.

Being business class, they know the cut-throat maneuver!

It’s second nature to them.

That explains George Costanza.

Survival of the shame & guilt-less

How often is getting to an emergency exit quickly useful?

Reminds me of George Costanza at the kid’s birthday party.

It’s funny to read that in a comic strip, but horrible when it happens in real life! One episode of “Air Disasters” (Smithsonian channel, available on YouTube (search for “Engine Catches Fire On Flight 28”)), showed how a plane which burst into flame while taking off had more fatalities than should have been, just because of that kind of behavior—planes are supposed to be able to evacuate ALL passengers and crew in just 90 seconds, but that didn’t happen. Afterwards they did studies and ran tests to see if they could prevent it from happening again and found places for improvement (strip lighting on the floor, wider openings, etc.) See Wikipedia “1985 Manchester Airport disaster”.

I see the business folks are giving the flight crew their proper respect, same kind of respect they show their employees

Emergency Slide Side Wreck-on-omics.

Nothing funny here. Too many examples already on file.

Sounds like regular deboarding when it is pulling into the gate.

Oddly enough, that’s what usually happens in a plane crash. In all classes.

They wrote the manual.

Just once in my life, I’d like to go first class on a plane. I’ve done it on a train, and it’s wonderful!

Oh, c’mon. It’s BUSINESS class.

“Purposefully” not “Frantically” !

Thanks. Think I’ll “fly” Amtrak….

True capitalism at work…and they excuse exploitation…

That’s a really wide aisle!

Southwest Airlines in action.

when it hits the ground, ya’ll will be the SAME class

Pretty much the same for first class.

Flying from Boise to Denver, our plane was diverted to SLCity due to a tornado warning in Denver (which must happen regularly if the warning signs in the airport are an indication). Folks who would miss their Denver flight got off. No one got on. When we were cleared to depart for Denver, the flight attendant was required to repeat the flight instructions, which he did at warp speed. It was hilarious.

What I like about flying first class, besides being away from the rabble, is getting the complimentary parachute.

Don’t kid yourselves. That’s how it’s going down in the no class sections as well.

I always thought you ate the old and weak.

Sadly this is the way that educated, enlightened & professional people have become

Did you know that two thirds of the people aboard the Hindenburg survived?

Flying: where normal people turn into animals the split second the plane lands

Since the business class is closer to the front, it will be the horded masses trampling them.

They get to open their exit doors first, too! Before the plane lands! Seems fair to me.

Well, at least your last meal was a good one with some good wine.

Channeling their inner George Costanza.

Hear, hear – It’s what they want to hear.

Cattle class is good! my father was in a C – 124 Globemaster crash at Larson A.F.B. , Washington in the early ’50s – hundreds killed – the only survivors were in the “tail”…

I’m having Warren Buffet take my elbow, or carry him if necessary.

She’s telling them stuff they don’t already know?

Too many are too willing to make life one big cage fight.

When I used to fly (which, thank goodness I don’t anymore), when it came time to leave, I just sat and waited until everyone was pretty much gone, and then calmly and peacefully left the plane. (Fortunately I was never confronted with an emergency situation)

LOL. I had a friend who did that, knocked everyone out of his way and was the first to jump out of the plane. However, the slide had not deployed and he fell all the way to the ground, breaking his back. Karma…..

Today’s (Nov. 29) Bound and Gagged is something Wiley should have done.

“Telling it like it IS” Airlines.

That’s a corporal work of mercy I’m pretty sure.

Flying MuskAir (soon to be renamed as XAir)?

Business training.