I'm in Vancouver tonight and came to see a good friend who is leaving tomorrow to return to Japan. I had limited time to see her and had to fly in order to maximize my time with her. My flight here from Victoria was interesting. I flew harbour-to-harbour on a float plane which was for the most part smooth and definitely uneventful. However, the check-in was a little different...
When I arrived at the terminal, the people at the front desk asked if I wanted to check my bags or carry them onto the plane.
"That depends," I said, "Can I bring my sunscreen on or are there restrictions on it due to the new rules for face cream and stuff?"
To which the girl at the counter answered, "No".
However, the guy taking care of the bags said "Actually, all of our passengers are required to be nude on all flights". The grin on his face gave his sense of humour away.
What make this even more funny is that I had the same conversation with the custodian in my building earlier in the day. Only he added that there should also be onboard cavity searches as well. This conjured up all sorts of interesting images.
While visiting with my friend tonight, I mentioned to her what had happened. We actually believe that this would be a really good idea. We even went a step further and suggested that instead of being nude, we would be forced to remove our clothes and slip into some sort of company-issued jump suit to ensure that there was no chance of terrorist activity on aircraft. Your street clothes would be put in a bag and returned to you at the end of your journey.
These suits would also be pressurized in the event of loss of cabin pressure and also protect you from injury in case of a crash. They would inflate like giant marshmallows that would float down the the earth's surface. Of course they would have to be made of comfortable materials.
The truly alarming thing is that I can truly see this happening.
Maybe I am naive, but it seems all too convenient that this recent terrorist activity was stopped before it happened, yet they couldn't predict the disaster at the twin towers in New York. It really seems quite convenient that this one was stopped yet, the one in NY was not. The trouble is that I cannot see things getting better anytime soon.
In the meantime, if you are flying somewhere, remember to wear clean underwear...
When I arrived at the terminal, the people at the front desk asked if I wanted to check my bags or carry them onto the plane.
"That depends," I said, "Can I bring my sunscreen on or are there restrictions on it due to the new rules for face cream and stuff?"
To which the girl at the counter answered, "No".
However, the guy taking care of the bags said "Actually, all of our passengers are required to be nude on all flights". The grin on his face gave his sense of humour away.
What make this even more funny is that I had the same conversation with the custodian in my building earlier in the day. Only he added that there should also be onboard cavity searches as well. This conjured up all sorts of interesting images.
While visiting with my friend tonight, I mentioned to her what had happened. We actually believe that this would be a really good idea. We even went a step further and suggested that instead of being nude, we would be forced to remove our clothes and slip into some sort of company-issued jump suit to ensure that there was no chance of terrorist activity on aircraft. Your street clothes would be put in a bag and returned to you at the end of your journey.
These suits would also be pressurized in the event of loss of cabin pressure and also protect you from injury in case of a crash. They would inflate like giant marshmallows that would float down the the earth's surface. Of course they would have to be made of comfortable materials.
The truly alarming thing is that I can truly see this happening.
Maybe I am naive, but it seems all too convenient that this recent terrorist activity was stopped before it happened, yet they couldn't predict the disaster at the twin towers in New York. It really seems quite convenient that this one was stopped yet, the one in NY was not. The trouble is that I cannot see things getting better anytime soon.
In the meantime, if you are flying somewhere, remember to wear clean underwear...
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Those are great ideas lola... I can easily imagine the day when we have to wear security issued airline clothing. I've also heard that they are considering flying the cargo in a seperate plane from the passengers. Weird thought, eh?
Yes, I can see the cargo in separate planes! However, if they don't let us take certain cosmetics and products that may be unavailable in the countries that people are visiting, are they going to guarantee that our luggage will get there? Also, what about clothes. I don't know about you but if I were to visit Asia, there wouldn't be a chance in hell that I would find clothing and shoes in my size to replace anything that goes missing due to lost luggage!
Can they guarantee that things won't get lost?
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