Has a cure for stupity been invented yet ?
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Has a cure for stupity been invented yet ?
Woman opens emergency exit and climbs out onto wing to cool off !
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...ing/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...ing/index.html
There is something called a Darwin Award which cures repetition of stupidity. Any good?
Now, if she'd done the same thing at 30,000ft, she would have been a shoe-in for an honourable mention.
I think tat despite more information swirling around our heads these days, 'we' are in many ways more stupid than out predecessors. She was too hot in a room, therefore you open a door to cool down. Just not onboard a plane or train or bus.
That she wasn't under the influence of drink or drugs and was with children in her care, can only suggest that she's of low intelligence, or being kind became disorientated and acted on impulse.
That she wasn't under the influence of drink or drugs and was with children in her care, can only suggest that she's of low intelligence, or being kind became disorientated and acted on impulse.
Nothing new here. Our customers opened the window/exit quite often in our DC3s, doing the Arabian Gulf milk runs back in the days. On the ground and occasionally in flight. It wasn't difficult; the exit was hinged at the bottom and all that was need was to unlock the handle and push.
The practice pre-dated the presence of cabin crew, but continued after they became mandatory. Sometimes the steward would notice a window was open, sometimes not.
I have to admit, though, that no-one actually stepped out on to the wing, on the ground or airborne.
The practice pre-dated the presence of cabin crew, but continued after they became mandatory. Sometimes the steward would notice a window was open, sometimes not.
I have to admit, though, that no-one actually stepped out on to the wing, on the ground or airborne.
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Vic Norman should give her a call, he's always on the lookout for new wingwalkers...
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I notice from the video she is wearing a facemask, under her chin. So the cabin crew appear to be calling her inside to tell her off for not wearing her mask correctly. If i were her husband I would use the video as evidence for divorce procedings, on the grounds of incompatibility. I have the all the brain cells, and she has not a single one. Incompatible.
Stupid, of course, but perhaps on a par with whoever allocated her to an emergency exit seat. That's probably unfair comment 'cos 'stupids' don't necessarily look different, but there seems to be a general lack of interest in the flight safety aspect of exit row seating.
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Makes you wonder if it runs in the family. What was her husband doing when his wife said "I'm going to open the emergency exit and go out on the wing" ?
