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Old 09/19/2007, 12:06 PM
Habib Habib is offline
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Happy 25th Birthday!!!

No, not me I'm a bit younger.



The smiley : ; is having today it's 25th birthday!


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Old 09/19/2007, 12:07 PM
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Dang, I was hoping it was me! Oh well, Happy Birthday!!!!!!!
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Old 09/19/2007, 12:56 PM
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so you made it back to Holland.
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Old 09/19/2007, 01:00 PM
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so you made it back to Holland.

Yes, but don't ask how.
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Old 09/19/2007, 01:05 PM
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How?
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Old 09/19/2007, 02:45 PM
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How?





I don't like flying and small planes make me nervous.

I would fly from Pittsburgh to detroit and from there take an intercontinental flight to Amsterdam. I would have 60 minutes to board once in Detroit.


The plane from Pittsburgh was very small, for something like 30 or 40 people. The flight attendent looked a bit sleepy and I was sitting very close to the door. He closed it but I had a feeling like you know it would open during the flight...

The plane starts to moving and the FA starts to give safety instructions.

I buckled the belt but because I was a bit nervous I checked the belt and guess what... yes the strap did not lock. So it was buckeld but of no use.

I realized that if the plane is full they might return and I would have to go off.

But at the same time I knew safety first.

So I told the FA and he contacted the captain.

Yep the plane was full and because an important safety future was not working I would have to go off. Well there would go my connecting flight and saw myself already aday or so on the airports....

The captain announced that and we were heading back. I tried to fix that (censored) belt and guess what I succeded.

Mentioned that to the FA but he didn't care. I was sure the captain would agree with me but it would not be a good plan to walk towards the cockpit.


The plane was back at the terminal and the captain came out of the cockpit and stood outside the plane. I walked to him and explained it and showed that it now worked and why it worked.

He agreed with me, told the crew at the airport that everything is OK now and we were good to go.

He still managed to land in time and I did catch my flight to Amsterdam.
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Old 09/19/2007, 02:48 PM
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You must have been very popular!
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Old 09/19/2007, 03:01 PM
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You must have been very popular!

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Old 09/19/2007, 04:15 PM
PoukieBear PoukieBear is offline
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Old 09/19/2007, 05:31 PM
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Old 09/19/2007, 07:45 PM
Minuteman Minuteman is offline
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I'm sure it didn't hurt that it was a Salifert corporate jet, the pilot was his Uncle, and all the other passengers were employees.
 


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