I actually saw a woman get off a puddle jumper and kiss the ground once… Riding a twin turboprop commuter from Denver to Albuquerque via Santa Fe in April during the afternoon. Loads and loads of spring storms popping up on the eastern slopes as we made our way south that day. As a private pilot who flew most of the time during Midwest summers, I had encountered more than my share of such fun, but I will say it was a wild ride even for me. Every time we hit a downdraft this woman would scream, which didn’t help things.
When we landed in Santa Fe, which was a “stop props and drop” stop, she literally pushed to the front of the cabin right behind flight attendant and nearly pushed her down the stairs, after which she was on her knees wailing about how she would never, ever fly again. It was quite the performance, with the ramp crew and others standing around looking at her as she carried on. She was ticketed through to Albuquerque, I would add. The flight attendant told us so after we got back in the air… -D > On Jul 13, 2020, at 5:56 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Kaleb, > You know it's a bad flight when the crew passes out knee pads so you can > kneel to kiss the ground when you land... > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2020 at 2:51 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I just landed. This is smallest airport I have ever been to. It’s >> literally in some farmers pasture. It has 1 jet bridge. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 13, 2020, at 2:40 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: >>> >>> I might not make it out alive. The girl up front starts pushing a bunch >> of buttons and the plane starts making a strange noise then alarms with red >> lights start going off. Not sure what all that was about. Still waiting on >> bags to be loaded. This is the sort of thing you deal with when flying >> small planes to small airports. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Jul 13, 2020, at 2:33 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> Now we are waiting for them to find somebody to load the bags. This is >> a small regional carrier of American. The young girl pilot is fixing to go >> down there and load them. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>>> On Jul 13, 2020, at 2:23 PM, Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> >> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yes >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>>> On Jul 13, 2020, at 2:19 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> They are trying to bake the virus to death, this is part of new >> normal for air travel. >>>>>> >>>>>> Max Dillon >>>>>> Charleston SC >>>>>> >>>>>> Jul 13, 2020 2:22:24 PM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Holy crap it’s really hot on this plane. Imagine sitting in your car >> with the windows rolled up and no AC. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jul 13, 2020, at 1:16 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 80/400 AC? (80 windows, 400 mph) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Like 4/60 AC? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -D >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jul 13, 2020, at 2:13 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Once you get to altitude you can open the windows and get some >> cool breeze, duh >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> --FT >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 7/13/20 2:01 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Riding a RJ145, little girl pilot appears to be confused along >> with copilot. We are sitting in Dallas for 45 minutes waiting to close the >> door. It’s very hot AC does not appear to be working. We push back. Pilot >> then comes on and says AC is broke and it would be too hot to taxi out. So >> we pull back to gate to either fix this plane or go to a different place. >> Wtf? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________ 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
