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  • J jon-nyc
    19 Dec 2020, 21:50

    I've had one flight make an emergency landing for a medical emergency. Seemed like heart. Landed in Shannon on the way to London.

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    Axtremus
    wrote on 19 Dec 2020, 23:36 last edited by
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    @jon-nyc said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

    I've had one flight make an emergency landing for a medical emergency. Seemed like heart. Landed in Shannon on the way to London.

    Had a flight where a passenger died. I was seated close enough to that passenger that a bunch of us were asked to move elsewhere so make space for a couple of (folks who seem to be) doctors and the flight crew to try to resuscitate that passenger.

    It was a trans-Pacific flight and we were already far enough from land that there was no nearby airport for the plane to land quickly. IIRC, the doctors called the death within a couple of hours. The flight ended not being diverted and we reached the destination more or less on time.

    Of course, the disembarkation took extra time because the police, medical personnel, and various airport and airline officials had to first take the body out of the plane.

    Looking back, I'm not sure how many of the other passengers knew what happened exactly. They may have seen police and medical personnel coming in and took a passenger out, but not sure if they could have seen enough to know that some one actually died on the plane. If I was not seated that close to the diseased, I might not have known that there has been a fatality.

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    • M Mik
      19 Dec 2020, 23:20

      @george-k said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

      @jon-nyc said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

      Horace has only the best urine on his flights. Everybody says so.

      It's beautiful urine.

      Golden, even.

      Say, who does that remind you of?

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      jon-nyc
      wrote on 19 Dec 2020, 23:37 last edited by
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      @mik said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

      @george-k said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

      It's beautiful urine.

      Golden, even.

      Say, who does that remind you of?

      The Man With The Golden Urine?

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      Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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      • A Axtremus
        19 Dec 2020, 23:36

        @jon-nyc said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

        I've had one flight make an emergency landing for a medical emergency. Seemed like heart. Landed in Shannon on the way to London.

        Had a flight where a passenger died. I was seated close enough to that passenger that a bunch of us were asked to move elsewhere so make space for a couple of (folks who seem to be) doctors and the flight crew to try to resuscitate that passenger.

        It was a trans-Pacific flight and we were already far enough from land that there was no nearby airport for the plane to land quickly. IIRC, the doctors called the death within a couple of hours. The flight ended not being diverted and we reached the destination more or less on time.

        Of course, the disembarkation took extra time because the police, medical personnel, and various airport and airline officials had to first take the body out of the plane.

        Looking back, I'm not sure how many of the other passengers knew what happened exactly. They may have seen police and medical personnel coming in and took a passenger out, but not sure if they could have seen enough to know that some one actually died on the plane. If I was not seated that close to the diseased, I might not have known that there has been a fatality.

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        Mik
        wrote on 20 Dec 2020, 03:33 last edited by
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        @axtremus that would be an uncomfortable flight...

        Sad.

        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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          jon-nyc
          wrote on 20 Dec 2020, 03:47 last edited by
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          Interesting, Ax.

          I have a friend who’s served 30 years as a United flight attendant. Much of it long haul. Someday I’ll ask her what she’s seen.

          Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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            Copper
            wrote on 20 Dec 2020, 15:16 last edited by
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            ![alt text](f65abb5b-6ca0-468b-bcbc-604a14658b00-image.png image url)

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            • C Copper
              20 Dec 2020, 15:16

              ![alt text](f65abb5b-6ca0-468b-bcbc-604a14658b00-image.png image url)

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              Horace
              wrote on 20 Dec 2020, 21:18 last edited by Horace
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              @copper said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

              ![alt text](f65abb5b-6ca0-468b-bcbc-604a14658b00-image.png image url)

              That is exactly how it is Copper. So much signaling and so little reality to our social distancing precautions for air travel. At least the masking precautions appear legit.

              The complete abandonment of any pretense of distancing begins at the line to check your boarding pass, and doesn’t end till you step into your destination airport.

              Education is extremely important.

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                taiwan_girl
                wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 02:53 last edited by
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                That reminded me of the story of some CEO who got really drunk on a flight to or from Brazil(?) and when the stopped giving him drinks, he got mad and pooped on the serving cart.

                They charged him for the cleaning of the plane which was something like USD $50,000. I think he also got fired. 😲

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                • H Horace
                  20 Dec 2020, 21:18

                  @copper said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

                  ![alt text](f65abb5b-6ca0-468b-bcbc-604a14658b00-image.png image url)

                  That is exactly how it is Copper. So much signaling and so little reality to our social distancing precautions for air travel. At least the masking precautions appear legit.

                  The complete abandonment of any pretense of distancing begins at the line to check your boarding pass, and doesn’t end till you step into your destination airport.

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                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 02:56 last edited by
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                  @horace said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

                  So much signaling and so little reality to our social distancing precautions for air travel. At least the masking precautions appear legit.

                  It all seems like one thing, but the entity that controls the airport is not the airlines. They are capable of maintaining a safer environment than the airlines can and I’m not surprised they do so.

                  Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                  • J jon-nyc
                    21 Dec 2020, 02:56

                    @horace said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

                    So much signaling and so little reality to our social distancing precautions for air travel. At least the masking precautions appear legit.

                    It all seems like one thing, but the entity that controls the airport is not the airlines. They are capable of maintaining a safer environment than the airlines can and I’m not surprised they do so.

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                    Horace
                    wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 03:41 last edited by
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                    @jon-nyc said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

                    @horace said in Biohazard on my plane last night:

                    So much signaling and so little reality to our social distancing precautions for air travel. At least the masking precautions appear legit.

                    It all seems like one thing, but the entity that controls the airport is not the airlines. They are capable of maintaining a safer environment than the airlines can and I’m not surprised they do so.

                    Yes of course the airport can do zero cost social distancing while the airlines cannot. The contrast remains absurd even in light of the obvious economic motives.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 03:57 last edited by
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                      I guess my point is it doesn’t follow that it’s just virtue signaling even though it looks somewhat silly when you consider what’s waiting for you on the other side of the jetway.

                      Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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                        Mik
                        wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 04:10 last edited by
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                        Less exposure is better even if you can't maintain it. There are a lot of diseased bastards people in the terminal that are not on your flight.

                        "The intelligent man who is proud of his intelligence is like the condemned man who is proud of his large cell." Simone Weil

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                          Horace
                          wrote on 21 Dec 2020, 05:42 last edited by Horace
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                          I am aware that zero cost distancing measures employed by businesses are of some positive epidemiological value. I am also aware that if that stuff starts costing business, it gets more interesting making a distinction between signal vs non signal.

                          Education is extremely important.

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