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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #840 on: March 24, 2016, 02:57:18 PM »
Looks like Lucky is planning to visit Israel sometime this year:

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/03/24/places-to-visit-2016/

Seem to recall he planned going a few years back and then bailed.  Especially since he has some Jewish heritage about time he go and visit.

He has Jewish Heritage?
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #841 on: March 24, 2016, 03:10:53 PM »
He has Jewish Heritage?
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June 18, 2015 at 10:24 am
@ zow — I appreciate the feedback and appreciate you reading. To provide a bit of perspective:

— I’m a quarter Jewish ethnically (my dad’s mother is 100% Jewish), though I’m not religious. I don’t favor any religion over another.
— I’m not going to apologize for the fact that I have German citizenship, that would be a ridiculous card for me to try and pull.
— I’m still not clear on what I wrote that could be perceived as anti-Semitic. I shared a story from an Israeli paper, and shared what the experts THEY quoted said.
— There are absolutely plenty of reasons to return to Tel Aviv, and if anything my goal was to explain that there are possible justifications. Some people were saying that El Al was endangering their passengers, and I was trying to say that *wasn’t* the case.

So it sort of hurts my feelings that me sharing my honest, non-politically/religious driven thoughts can be perceived that way, when I also have lots of commentary on airlines in India/China/the Gulf region/the US, and am not called anti-Muslim/Hindu/Christian.

http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2015/06/18/el-al-plane-has-engine-failure-flies-another-five-hours-because-theyre-cheap/

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #842 on: March 24, 2016, 07:31:12 PM »
Yup zow,  that stupid comment on OMAAT still bugs me

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #843 on: March 24, 2016, 07:46:08 PM »
To be fair, that blog post itself was pretty stupid.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #844 on: March 24, 2016, 09:35:20 PM »
Well here's hoping he can go and try and learn, observe, and enjoy his time there. Not get carried away by the lack of premier F/J products serving the market, limited presence of aspirational loyalty program properties, etc.

And someone should queue him in that he is NOT Jewish...but as one of the commentators on his post cited he can/could be eligible for Birthright, but I somehow doubt he would want to travel in those conditions and it would be a meaningful experience for him, based upon all he has posted over the years.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #845 on: July 27, 2016, 06:31:29 AM »

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #846 on: July 27, 2016, 07:40:55 AM »
Matthew is still married?

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #847 on: July 27, 2016, 08:57:25 AM »
Matthew is still married?
What do you mean "still"?

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #848 on: July 27, 2016, 09:27:37 AM »
What do you mean "still"?
Didn't see him posting regarding his wife, and he is traveling for quite a trip with Lucky

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #849 on: July 27, 2016, 09:29:52 AM »
Didn't see him posting regarding his wife, and he is traveling for quite a trip with Lucky
Maybe his wife has no interest in such a trip?

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #850 on: July 27, 2016, 10:56:18 AM »
Well he now suspects his pilots of smoking...


http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/07/26/china-eastern-flight-smoke/
Look at the comments there, he's not the only one.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #851 on: July 27, 2016, 01:31:48 PM »
Well he now suspects his pilots of smoking...


http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2016/07/26/china-eastern-flight-smoke/

Why are you implying that's not a big deal?
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #852 on: July 27, 2016, 02:02:56 PM »
Why are you implying that's not a big deal?
Skepticism aside, i don't think there are any real dangers if it happens. Nowadays cigarettes burn out really quickly when left unattended...
In addition, the people smoking them probably don't want to die either.

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #853 on: July 27, 2016, 02:06:36 PM »
What about second hand smoke, a confirmed cancer-causer?

What about the fact that it's prohibited by the FAA?

What about the possibility that's what caused the Egypt Air crash?
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #854 on: July 27, 2016, 02:10:56 PM »
What about second hand smoke, a confirmed cancer-causer?

What about the fact that it's prohibited by the FAA?

What about the possibility that's what caused the Egypt Air crash?
I'm referring to danger to the plane itself. Where did you hear this theory about the Egypt Air crash?

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #855 on: July 27, 2016, 02:19:17 PM »
I'm referring to danger to the plane itself. Where did you hear this theory about the Egypt Air crash?


GIYF.

And if you think having an open fire on a jet going 600 MPH at 35K feet is not a potential safety issue, we're clearly on different pages.

You think the FAA banned it simply because it's a health hazard?
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #856 on: July 27, 2016, 03:00:48 PM »

GIYF.

And if you think having an open fire on a jet going 600 MPH at 35K feet is not a potential safety issue, we're clearly on different pages.

You think the FAA banned it simply because it's a health hazard?
Millions of people smoked on planes for decades. I do think it was banned simply because it's a health hazard.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #857 on: July 27, 2016, 03:32:14 PM »
It seems that was indeed the driving factor,  but it cannot have been the only factor, considering fire is the single biggest risk to aircraft safety.
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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #858 on: July 28, 2016, 06:37:16 PM »
Anyone following the next part?

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Re: Lucky's Latest Adventure
« Reply #859 on: July 28, 2016, 06:38:10 PM »
Anyone following the next part?
Yeah. Why?