Yup, I think Greg nailed it. Today, either fly your own plane or drive . . .
On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I got to thinking about this whole deal and wondering at what point the > whole cabin full of passengers will just get to where they pretty much all > start to riot and raise hell over this sort of thing, or sitting on the > tarmac for hours (and I know that has caused some near-riots in the past) > and then the problem of the airlines stuffing the cabins and reducing seat > pitch then treating passengers like this guy. > > --FT > > > > On 4/13/17 4:11 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: > >> There were no obvious crippling injuries but the humiliation has to me >> worth at least a mil. What if it happened to you? >> >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 2:57 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I was thinking pretty much the same thing. After watching the video of it >>> a couple of times, I was not convinced that the security folks were that >>> rough on him. That, and the story about how he appeared back on the plane >>> later mumbling about how he had to get home. I am guessing that the >>> security folks let him go once they were off the plane and that he >>> appeared >>> to them to be ok at that point but he slipped back onto the plane to act >>> out some more grief for the witnesses. >>> >>> RB >>> >>> On 13/04/2017 12:12 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>> OK team, here's my favorite theory about this: >>>> >>>> I have read that our Dr. Dao played poker for pocket money after he lost >>>> his med license. Apparently he was pretty good, winning a second place >>>> in >>>> one tournament and earning over $100K. All told he made more than $200K >>>> from his skills. So here's what I think may have happened. >>>> >>>> He wants to keep his seat, and declines a few times to leave even when >>>> threatened. When he sees he is likely to be removed by force, he takes a >>>> look at the hand he was just dealt, and decides to go all in. As the cop >>>> grabs him roughly, he purposely bangs his face against the armrest, then >>>> feigns unconsciousness. The rest of the scene plays out perfectly. >>>> >>>> Greg >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > -- > --FT > Winston Churchill: > “Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, > large or petty, > never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. > Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of > the enemy.” > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
