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      07-14-2016, 10:36 PM   #57
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Originally Posted by Mr.SugarSkulls View Post
Plane hit massive turbulence coming back from the UK.

Oxygen masks dropped, lights were out, people screaming/praying- literally feeling the plane nose dive in a free fall-

I sat calmly in my seat, wrote down "I love you mom, grandma, brother, bowser" on my arm hoping that if my body was still intact after impact - the message could be passed along. And almost as if on cue- I hear "WERE OK! WERE OK!" From where the flight attendants sat.

Anddddd...back in the air a few days later.
Flying commercial never bothered me until I started flying up front in helicopters in the Air Cavalry. Once you understand how things are in the cockpit, sitting in the back of a plane is like sitting in the back of a car with a driver you don't quite trust. You're not the one in control or even in a position to take control. You have no idea WTF is going on, and that lack of control or knowledge is bothersome. Now when the plane is going through turbulence, I sit back there with white knuckles wondering what the hell is going on up front.
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