(This is good news for people who trust Boeing more than medical workers. You can bring your own screwdriver.)
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The serious narrative is shocking:
A Boeing mechanic failed to tighten the bolts on a door-size “cabin plug” that blew out on an Alaska Air 737Max flight. The aircraft had cabin pressure warnings onboard for some time, so instead of investigating/fixing, the airline simply ‘restricted’ the plane from ‘long flights over water’ so it could land quickly. No joke.
What are you talking about? I’ve been ordering Vodka and Orange juice when I fly for years!
I brought my own whisky in TSA-approved quantities once. It’s against FAA rules for passengers to serve themselves, but entirely legal for flight staff to serve passengers their own supply. Apparently it doesn’t matter where it comes from as long as the airline is in control.
So I asked flight staff to serve me my own stuff. The guy refused, saying (incorrectly) “it’s against FAA rules…” I explained the rules to him, and he still refused. Perhaps the airline has their own rule against people drinking something they sell, but he didn’t say that. I didn’t fight it… I just put it away. But he then apparently felt guilty, so he later served me an Irish coffee on the house.
So there’s a strategy there for getting a gratis screwdriver without
bringing(drinking) your own.Buggers won’t let me bring my own entertainment on board. I said I’d leave the STTNG pinball on free play for anyone, even bring my own diesel generator to power it,😔
Sharp implements above a certain size must not be taken on board the aircraft. Small pocket knives with a blade length of up to 6 cm, however, are permitted. The same applies to nail scissors.
https://www.hamburg-airport.de/en/depart-arrive/baggage/carry-on-baggage-8490
I tested it, the other passengers in the security line looked kind of shocked when they gave the knife back to me after measuring it.
Imagine the chaos that could be brought if someone was able to bring a knife featuring a 6.1 cm blade aboard an airliner.
“Yes, yes, that should do the trick. Carry on, sir.”
so instead of investigating/fixing, the airline simply ‘restricted’ the plane from ‘long flights over water’ so it could land quickly
To be fair this did technically work
I heard the reason no one got sucked through the opening was because everyone happened to be wearing their seat belts. Technically, people are permitted to remove their seat belts to use the toilet, IIUC. So the timing of the door blowing off was critical to this policy “technically working”.
My problem is this: you have an anomaly of losing pressure in a safety critical operation. It could be any number of things that would cause that, from minor to serious. Considering lives are at stake, don’t we want someone to get to the bottom of it before risking people’s safety?
Also the seats next to the door plug weren’t occupied
A large door the size of a small door…
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