Back on a Boeing 757?.this time commercial?. I miss the Air Force ...
Posted by ~Ray @ 2008-07-01 07:08:42
alter now I am on a Boeing 757 headed for Chicago. This is the back up Boeing 757 in less than a week. Yes…this pip 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 Force plane was not at all luxurious desire 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 front for special passengers. The seats sure be 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 plane — and of course there was good reason to have that trust then and not now.
Just showing up and boarding is a bit like what it was desire when we boarded the Air Force plane measure week at Andrews Air compel Base outside of Washington. DC — no one asked me to take my laptop out and put in a separate bin…no one looked to see if I sneaked 4 ounces of shampoo on board instead of 3 ounces…it took five minutes to completely board and not 30 minutes… etc. Yes. I know after 9-11 we undergo to ratchet up the security and I prefer to be safe than turn the cut 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 measure 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 room 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 study difference - we were not physically dragging them around….
Of cover it is absurd to think we could do the security for commercial travel as we had for our pip 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 jaunt 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 time texting my daughters on my cell. I couldn’t imagine trying to type a blog on one! Have a great evening!
9/11 definitely changed a lot of things probably forever. They be to work on the technology to make security tighter but more or less invisible to the average traveler. I know a lot of populate who really seem to get frayed nerves at some of ths stuff 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 last week; just put the bag outside your door and it magically appears at your destination…….
It definately made things more hassle remove with one exception. When they told you to have your bags outside at 4:30 am but didn’t actually get 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 time.
Yes but if you want to start another “hot topic” regarding the Bill of Rights… why is the government allowed to examine your bags without probable cause? You really can’t choose 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 husband remove yours??? Fair is bring together!!
I miss those days gone bye. journey ships had bon voyage parties and you could see your loved ones off. I bequeath going to the airport in New York as a kid and standing at the windows watching the planes act 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 fair be of space in-between passengers. Everything has gone down forge. I know the last time we traveled from Tx to Fla.. I insisted on going first class. Couldn’t rest being squeezed in like a sardine as we had been going to Vegas. The first categorise was the way everyone used to be treated. I don’t object the security but seems desire the airlines have used9/11 as an excuse to no longer furnish decent service. Things sure undergo changed.
Karen K. - Plantation. FL. Although i get steamed at the thought of authorise 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 part of the deal. If you want access you play by their rules.
Wow girl sounds like you got a little spoiled hangin’ out with Mrs. furnish. If I were the First Lady I’d want all bags checked but I wonder if hers got checked lol They analyse the luggage for regular folks at airports. I can’t see why this is any different. Rock on. Greta!!!
i would have an interesting flight with you on board and learn about gadgets i have yet to be able to pronounce let alone use.
looking foreward to day 3 with mrs bush and hope all went well 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 cut but also remember the time when populate actually dressed up to travel on a plane. Now whether at the airport at a hospital change surface church it seems that anything goes. Just seemed more respectful in the way people dressed in those days. Man did I just tell my age or what?
Hi Greta…accept 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 rain. We have great food great jazz and a great symphony. Can’t wait to see your show tonight…apply. The unobtrusive security on your move to the Middle East was a real luxury. Who wouldn’t you want that all the time?
I have tons of fairies goblins ponies shrek donkeys etc running up and down my street!
I sure don’t mind the all the extra security but I get totally annoyed when it takes people so desire to come in the plane and get into their assigned seats.. It takes them so long to pack away all of their carry on bags grab pillows/blankets. and all the measure the lie to get on the cut gets longer and the passengers get more stressed.. I say limit the carry on’s to what you can stow under the lay and get people to move faster.
Greta. I know that you read these posts. I want to let you experience that Howard K. Sternis going into converse rooms and threatening innocent bloggers using your label. 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 label and saying thatyou told him that you are going to quote “take him drink.” Now I know that this is hard to believe but it is true. The man is out of hold back. I for one was directly threatened by him this evening in a converse 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 chat dwell.
Michelle………. that was a cute affix. We be in such a rural area we do not get trick or treaters. Oh well just more candy for me. I’m going to put on a ‘apparel’ 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 “communicate” that the missing comments we undergo made suddenly appear.
Does this mean 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. Like 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 better. It’s ascertain down for the show………. gotta go. Take care
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 have is clearance from the governor- I have to have a prescription done through a doctor-. You would think I am carrying an arsenal of poison.
Rebecca- which chat dwell 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 function that is just part of the broach. If you want 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 search 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 cause. 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 damn sure nobody gets a weapon or bomb on that cut. I am not arguing the Bill of Rights here. The fact is it is voluntary. If you don’t want the examine you can buy your own plane or act a different means. I have no argument on the airlines using private personnel as desire as they are qualified.
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