Comments on: Good thing this NASA airline safety report didn’t go to the shredder http://www.elliott.org/blog/good-thing-this-nasa-air-safety-report-didnt-go-to-the-shredder/ Consumer advocate Christopher Elliott's site. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Hook http://www.elliott.org/blog/good-thing-this-nasa-air-safety-report-didnt-go-to-the-shredder/comment-page-1/#comment-6081 David Hook Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:00:33 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/good-thing-this-nasa-air-safety-report-didnt-go-to-the-shredder/#comment-6081 » A “brazen passenger” retrieving his own bags from a commuter baggage compartment. Awwww, passenger could have hurt themselves and sued the airline. Altogether now - ahhhh. Seriously, if the passengers are kept away from the plane this would not have happened. » An “apparently alcohol-impaired” passenger blocking an emergency exit. Who let an "apparently alcohol-impaired' passenger on the plane? If the passenger wasn't "apparently alcohol-impaired" before they got on the plane, who served them enough alcohol for it to become a problem. » A passenger traveling with a chainsaw that began leaking during the flight. Who let a passenger carry a chainsaw as carry-on? Texas Chainsaw Massacre at 10,000ft anyone? » A deranged passenger who “tried to force open the main cabin door.” The flight attendant finally calmed the passenger down by saying "Mr President, we haven't landed yet." » A sedated and inebriated passenger who “walking around the cabin with a wine bottle” and annoying his seat partner. If the passenger was sedated how were they walking around inebriated? Again, who let them either get onboard inebriated, or let them drink enough to get that way. I realise this study was completed many years ago but surely the fault isn't always with the passengers. If flights continue to serve alcohol surely passengers will drink. » A “brazen passenger” retrieving his own bags from a commuter baggage compartment.

Awwww, passenger could have hurt themselves and sued the airline. Altogether now – ahhhh. Seriously, if the passengers are kept away from the plane this would not have happened.

» An “apparently alcohol-impaired” passenger blocking an emergency exit.

Who let an “apparently alcohol-impaired’ passenger on the plane? If the passenger wasn’t “apparently alcohol-impaired” before they got on the plane, who served them enough alcohol for it to become a problem.

» A passenger traveling with a chainsaw that began leaking during the flight.

Who let a passenger carry a chainsaw as carry-on? Texas Chainsaw Massacre at 10,000ft anyone?

» A deranged passenger who “tried to force open the main cabin door.”

The flight attendant finally calmed the passenger down by saying “Mr President, we haven’t landed yet.”

» A sedated and inebriated passenger who “walking around the cabin with a wine bottle” and annoying his seat partner.

If the passenger was sedated how were they walking around inebriated? Again, who let them either get onboard inebriated, or let them drink enough to get that way.

I realise this study was completed many years ago but surely the fault isn’t always with the passengers. If flights continue to serve alcohol surely passengers will drink.

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