Where to Sit?

Thursday, August 26, 2010

My neighbor is flying to Europe, and is apprehensive about the flight.

I tell her “Sit in the rear-most seat”.

She complains “Then I’ll be last off the plane!”.

She is right, of course. She’ll get to watch 300+ passengers leap up and fight for the overhead bins so that they all can stand in the aisle for ten minutes while someone up front offers effusive thanks to each of the cabin crew.

I remind her that she was not apprehensive about sitting in a cushioned seat in a safely stationery aircraft a couple of minutes ago. She was worried about the take-off and landing portion of the flight.

True.

I invited her, and I invite you, to study the photos of the next ten airline crashes posted in your local newspaper.

I bet you a free lunch at The Montreal Deli that in every one of the ten crashes the tail section is shown intact and lying upright on the ground, even though the rest of the fuselage has burned to a cinder.

You’re welcome!

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