The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside for May 20, 2024

Extra fee for parachutes.

If things go wrong, try to miss the earth.

Gad, look at all the room!

I forget which airline. In the days when the cockpit door was open, I sat near where I could see the two (3) pilots. During their checking a switch cover fell off on the panel over the co-pilot’s head. He didn’t notice. I pointed that out to the flight attendant and she talked to the pilot. He fixed it. Once airborne and at cruise the pilot told the flight attendant to give me a free drink. I miss the old days when my ticket got me a ride on any airline to my destination. I once queued up and got to the airplane gate and was told I was at the wrong airline but they took me anyway since they were going that way! Men wore suits, ladies dressed-up, people were polite and service was so much better.

What are you complaining about? You got box seats!

That looks like more legroom that I had on my last flight. I’d take it.

And it’s machines are powered by the pedals below your box-seats…

I don’t know- could turn out to be the best ride of his life. About 30 something years ago late in the evening I tried to get from Lüneburg to Stuttgart. By train. With my bicycle. The only ride I could get was in the baggage wagon. When I climbed in, there were already several other tired guys my age, also with bikes and trekking rucksacks. We just threw our gear where there was enough room, talked a bit and slept on the floor. It was the best and most comfortable train ride I ever had. And I used to be on many train rides in my youth and younger years!

Now sit down on a crate of illegallysmuggled weapons and shut up.

Well at least it look safer than Boeing.

One commuter flight I used to take was a converted seaplane. It had wooden benches!!

Where are the parachutes?

I rode one of those once when I flew Space-A travel during my Navy days.

If you lift the box flap, it doubles as a toilet!

I think I would ask for an upgrade.

Where are the dogs?

Once in Kenya I flew on a refitted cargo plane made for WWII. It was being used as a passenger plane and had propellers! The plane rattled and shook both in the air and when we made a few stops on the Serengeti on the way to Nairobi. At each stop the landing strip (and I use that term loosely) had to be cleared of wild animals! It was an interesting flight. LOL

back in the 60s – 70s some comedian depicted Ozark Airlines to be just like that.

NO budget plane is this spacious with room for two people to stand up with distance between them.

They don’t land, you just parachute out as they fly by.

It doesn’t look like they’ll get many good reviews

Do NOT put your laptop under the seat in front of you!

And look at the leg room

Looks like the interior of the C-130 cargo planes they shipped guys to Vietnam on.

I do not want to see the rest rooms.

Plenty of leg space.