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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| I hate plane crashes.. Not something that happens very often, but... Just seem all the more terrifying. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| Korean Air...ahhh, no thanks...I only fly "Smooth as Silk" Thaiair, definitely...more satisfying! |
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NAVFC
Joined: 10 May 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:02 am Post subject: |
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| are the stewardesses hot? |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:23 am Post subject: |
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| Yes, and their demeanor is saibaijai. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:42 am Post subject: |
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The interesting thing about Korean Air is their TV Ad (boasting their new) uniforms has a bunch of foreigners there wearing said uniform. Where are they on the real planes?  |
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reactionary
Joined: 22 Oct 2006
Location: korreia
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Thai air's music during takeoff and landing drives me insane. |
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mervsdamun
Joined: 06 Jun 2006
Location: Seoul
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 2:08 am Post subject: |
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In reality it can happen anywhere at anytime.
Even to YOU.
But, remember the odds are probably less than winning the lottery. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| PeteJB wrote: |
But, remember the odds are probably less than winning the lottery. |
You've more chance of being struck by lightning than winning a major lotto. The chances of dying in a plane crash are practically zero. Studies have shown one would have to fly once a day every day for over 15,000 years in order to statistically be involved in an aircraft accident.
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 5:52 am Post subject: |
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| SPINOZA wrote: |
| PeteJB wrote: |
But, remember the odds are probably less than winning the lottery. |
You've more chance of being struck by lightning than winning a major lotto. The chances of dying in a plane crash are practically zero. Studies have shown one would have to fly once a day every day for over 15,000 years in order to statistically be involved in an aircraft accident.
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Statistically speaking, I bet that number is a great comfort to the passengers as their plane crashes...
Seriously, though, why would they even say numbers like that? It's impossible to fly every day for 15,000 years, and yet people are in plane crashes every day......... |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| huck wrote: |
| SPINOZA wrote: |
| PeteJB wrote: |
But, remember the odds are probably less than winning the lottery. |
You've more chance of being struck by lightning than winning a major lotto. The chances of dying in a plane crash are practically zero. Studies have shown one would have to fly once a day every day for over 15,000 years in order to statistically be involved in an aircraft accident.
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Statistically speaking, I bet that number is a great comfort to the passengers as their plane crashes... |
Deaths from plane crashes, whilst sad and dramatic, are a tiny number in comparison to people who enter a plane, fly to somewhere, and exit the plane alive. And those passengers who do indeed die in planes were statistically 500 times more likely to die driving to the airport, more likely to die of heart disease (2,200 Americans per day), more likely to die falling over on snow and more likely to die from a snake bite. More people die on bicycles than in planes (source).
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| Seriously, though, why would they even say numbers like that? It's impossible to fly every day for 15,000 years |
Because the chances of dying in a plane are 1 in 11 million, less likely than being killed in a terrorist attack. It's an analogy.
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| and yet people are in plane crashes every day......... |
3 million people catch a plane every day - the safest form of transport. Someone who dreads being killed by a snake or is terrified of food poisoning would be considered insane. I suggest we apply the same to simpletons who've no problem driving to a convenience store but refuse to board a plane. |
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huck
Joined: 19 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| I agree...I just think it's silly to use impossible analogies...1 in 11 million sounds better. |
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PeteJB
Joined: 06 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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The problem with flying is that its tragic and intense when they go down. Few people get out alive (usually because of the fires). Yes, you have many thousands more chance of dying in a car crash, but when you look at the how many people die in car accidents (obviously the number is higher, but taking how OFTEN someone will die) compared with how often people die in a plane crash, the plane crash is ofcourse, more likely to kill you (but statisically lower)
Simply put, It's not a good way to die. I feel emotional just to see a plane crash recreation. Poor souls indeed! The fright itself can kill you. |
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therooster
Joined: 11 May 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 1:50 pm Post subject: |
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| flying freaks me out...without a lot of booze and "happy pills" I just flat out refuse . It's not the slim chances of dying that bothers me ...it's the slim chances of DYING like that I can't deal with . |
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