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2012
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Horror stories from the airlines are getting worse and worse. Just last week [25] a Continental jet encountered severe turbulence and over twenty passengers were injured. But I don't think it gets any crazier than Continental Flight 2816 [26]. Forty-seven Minneapolis-bound passengers were grounded ten hours because of severe weather and never allowed to leave the plane. No food, no drink, no release. I would have drilled a hole through the floor of the plane with a fork and got the hell out of there. I'm about as free flowing as one can get, but when it comes to planes I become the poster child for claustrophobia. I don't like small spaces where the air is recycled and leg room is problematic. The only thing that eases my nerves during a flight is the time of arrival. I set my mind on the arrival time and wait patiently for the descent.
So the idea of being on a tarmac for over ten hours sounds like Chinese water torture. And then no prospects of water or even a salted nut... man! They would have to tranquilize me and cart me off the plane in metal straps. Since 2007, 200,000 domestic [27] passengers have been stuck on 3000 planes for over three hours. Once I had to wait an hour before takeoff to LAX and I nearly pulled out every strain of hair in my goatee. I know the Passengers' Bill of Rights are sitting somewhere in Congress, but how long are passengers expected to wait for the torture to end? I’m telling you, I might have organized a mutiny among the passengers. Ten hours is way too long to follow shady airline protocol.
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