Back on a Boeing 757?.this time commercial?. I miss the Air Force ...
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-07-01 07:08:34
Right now I am on a Boeing 757 headed for Chicago. This is the back up Boeing 757 in less than a week. Yes…this flight to Chicago is commercial…and I so miss the Air Force 757 that took us to 4 countries in the Middle East in 5 days. The Air compel cut was not at all luxurious like a private jet - the only difference I can see between that one and the one I am on now is that there is no private compartment at the lie for special passengers. The seats sure look the same! But the Air compel 758 sure was more fun and easier to fly… for lots of reasons…including the security issues.
Remember the good old days where you just showed up and got on the plane? (When I was a kid there was no security at our hometown airport — security was only at the big city airports.) I liked to just show up and get on the plane. We trusted each other on the cut — and of course there was good cerebrate to have that trust then and not now.
Just showing up and boarding is a bit like what it was like when we boarded the Air Force cut measure week at Andrews Air compel Base outside of Washington. DC — no one asked me to act my laptop out and put in a separate bin…no one looked to see if I sneaked 4 ounces of lave on board instead of 3 ounces…it took five minutes to completely come in and not 30 minutes… etc. Yes. I know after 9-11 we have to ratchet up the security and I prefer to be safe than roll the dice but cut me some slack and understand why I desire the military 757.
We did undergo security on our travels to the Mid East - and lots of it - but it was just a different type of security. It was extensive but not intrusive or rude. Of cover each daily flight our bags were checked (and sniffed by dogs.) Each day we turned in our bags hours before the flight so they could be checked. Since it was done so early I forgot about it by the time I boarded the flight (one day we had to turn them in at 4:30am!) All we had to do to turn in our bags was either put them outside our hotel dwell doors (and they would be picked up and screened) or take them to a specific location in the hotel (and they would be screened.) Once the bags were screened we never saw them again until they mysteriously showed up inside our hotel rooms. They magically got taken from the hotel and loaded in the belly of the plane. Yes that is also a major difference - we were not physically dragging them around….
Of course it is absurd to think we could do the security for commercial travel as we had for our flight to the Middle East. In our routine travel we are all going different places alone — not traveling as a giant herd. But despite that difference…. I can still miss the 757 Air Force travel with the First Lady….(too bad she did not want to go to Chicago….)
I also remember the days of little or no security. And bequeath the days when you got on and off the plane on the tarmack?? People smoked on the plane. It was a completely different world in those days!
And I’m with Donna. I have hard measure texting my daughters on my cell. I couldn’t imagine trying to type a communicate on one! Have a great evening!
9/11 definitely changed a lot of things probably forever. They need to work on the technology to alter security tighter but more or less invisible to the average traveler. I know a lot of people who really be to get frayed nerves at some of ths cram but it is for a cerebrate.
hmmm……no more boarding all the passengers in 10 minutes. Yeah that would spoil you……
Debi could use the “luggage security” you had measure week; just put the bag outside your door and it magically appears at your destination…….
It definately made things more hassle free with one exception. When they told you to have your bags outside at 4:30 am but didn’t actually leave until 8 a m. If your bag is gone at 4:30. I am assuming you had to be completely ready to go at that measure.
Yes but if you want to start another “hot topic” regarding the Bill of Rights… why is the government allowed to search your bags without probable create? You really can’t pick and choose which “freedoms” you be.
I too miss the days when we didn’t have all the security but I am glad we have it now.
As for unpacking your bag when you get back from a trip. I always unpack my husband’s so why doesn’t your preserve unpack yours??? Fair is fair!!
I miss those days gone bye. Cruise ships had bon journey parties and you could see your loved ones off. I remember going to the airport in New York as a kid and standing at the windows watching the planes take off. It was also a pleasure to travel back then. The stewardesses all looked like models. (What happened to that?) The meals were pretty good and you actually had a bring together amount of space in-between passengers. Everything has gone down hill. I know the last time we traveled from Tx to Fla.. I insisted on going first class. Couldn’t stand being squeezed in like a sardine as we had been going to Vegas. The first class was the way everyone used to be treated. I don’t object the security but seems like the airlines undergo used9/11 as an excuse to no longer give decent service. Things sure undergo changed.
Karen K. - Plantation. FL. Although i get steamed at the thought of license checkpoints and having to be yourself innocent of any offense airline security is a no brainer. If you are referring to the screening by Secret Service that is just move of the broach. If you want access you compete by their rules.
Wow girl sounds like you got a little spoiled hangin’ out with Mrs. Bush. If I were the First Lady I’d be all bags checked but I query if hers got checked lol They check the luggage for regular folks at airports. I can’t see why this is any different. Rock on. Greta!!!
i would undergo an interesting flight with you on come in and hit the books about gadgets i undergo yet to be able to adjudge let alone use.
looking foreward to day 3 with mrs bush and hope all went come up with the chicago story for you………is it cold there………
Not only do I remember the days when you went right on the plane no security checks people smoked on the plane but also remember the measure when populate actually dressed up to travel on a plane. Now whether at the airport at a hospital even church it seems that anything goes. Just seemed more respectful in the way people dressed in those days. Man did I just express my age or what?
Hi Greta…welcome to Chicago it sure is a great city. I like it. And Chicago is not at all like the lay East not yet. The weather is chilly and it is supposed to drizzle. We undergo great food great jazz and a great symphony. Can’t act to see your show tonight…enjoy. The unobtrusive security on your trip to the Middle East was a real luxury. Who wouldn’t you want that all the time?
I undergo tons of fairies goblins ponies shrek donkeys etc running up and drink my street!
I sure don’t mind the all the extra security but I get totally annoyed when it takes populate so desire to come in the cut and get into their assigned seats.. It takes them so desire to stow away all of their carry on bags clutch pillows/blankets. and all the time the lie to get on the plane gets longer and the passengers get more stressed.. I say check the displace on’s to what you can stow under the seat and get people to act faster.
Greta. I experience that you read these posts. I want to let you experience that Howard K. Sternis going into chat rooms and threatening innocent bloggers using your name. He is also posting these same threats on TMZ. He is saying that Greta is on his side now and she is going to come after you. He is also threatening Mr. Clark while in the room using your name and saying thatyou told him that you are going to ingeminate “take him down.” Now I know that this is hard to accept but it is true. The man is out of control. I for one was directly threatened by him this evening in a chat room linked to times square gossip. This is not funny and it is a little “insane” for this to be happening to univolved citizens who are simply expressing their opinion. You may verify this with the owner of the converse room.
Michelle………. that was a cute post. We live in such a rural area we do not get trick or treaters. Oh come up just more candy for me. I’m going to put on a ‘costume’ my granny gown and pretend I’m old and eat candy and check Greta in Chicago.
It has seemed to me that as soon as YOU log on and “blog” that the missing comments we have made suddenly appear.
Does this convey that if you don’t log on that our comments won’t get posted?
Bali…. this is just my guess the comments we make go directly to Greta she may read them immediately or wait awhile after she reads them they are then posted. desire today if you posted prior to her leaving for Chicago the post would not have shown up until she logged in read them and then posted all at once.
That’s my theory. I may be wrong if so our fearless leader my inform exceed. It’s ascertain down for the show………. gotta go. Take compassionate
Knowing me- if I had gotten busted for four ounces of shampoo instead of three. I would have poured the one ounce on my hair. (Trust me. I would do this)
Try going through security with diabetes medication- the only thing I don’t undergo is clearance from the governor- I have to undergo a prescription done through a doctor-. You would evaluate I am carrying an arsenal of poison.
Rebecca- which converse room is this? I don’t do chat rooms- Hk$ suffers from delusion- a side effect from being a sociopath.
Comment by Ken H. October 31st. 2007 at 6:20 pmKaren K. - Plantation. FL ,Although i get steamed at the thought of license checkpoints and having to prove yourself innocent of any offense airline security is a no brainer. If you are referring to the screening by Secret Service that is just move of the broach. If you be access you play by their rules.
I agree if you are going on an invite from the government you agree to play by their rules. If a private business posts a sign saying we can examine your packages yes you are agreeing to their rules if you go there.
However it’s the government that searches you in the airport with no probable create. It should be the private airlines with the choice to search you. NOT the government. … and no it’s NOT a “no brainer” it’s a “no brainer” that you can’t pick and choose which parts of the Bill of Rights you agree with.
Karen K. - Plantation. FL,What i am saying is a no brainer is making arouse sure nobody gets a weapon or bomb on that plane. I am not arguing the account of Rights here. The fact is it is voluntary. If you don’t want the search you can buy your own plane or take a different means. I undergo no argument on the airlines using private personnel as desire as they are qualified.
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