Tuesday, October 16, 2007

10,000 miles in 27 days

Ladies and gentlemen, we will be taxiing for a few minutes, so please remain in your seat with your seat belt securely fastened* until the aircraft has arrived at the gate.

For those of you who call Denver/Rapid City/Washington D.C. home -- on behalf of the flight crew, welcome home. For you rootless transients who move every few years and don't really call anyplace home anymore -- um, you qualify for a free upgrade to United Economy Plus.

Portable electronic devices may now be turned on.

*The line about keeping seat belts fastened is probably the third-most-ignored instruction in the history of aviation. The top two:
#2: "Please take a moment to review the card in the seat pocket in front of you, which describes the safety features of this aircraft."
#1: "Maybe a hydrogen-filled blimp isn't such a good idea."

1 comment:

Unknown said...

With less than a week to go...will you have time to share parting words? Hope all the packing is going well, and that the good-bye's aren't too hard.
Thinking about you lots!