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PoindexterOglethorpe

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2. I also thank you for posting this.

Tue Sep 10, 2019, 11:13 PM

Sep 2019

I'm a former airline employee, and most airline people obsess about plane crashes. Although I was working in the airlines when this happened, I don't really recall it, probably because I didn't work for Eastern nor in any of the cities that flight passed through. And of course, at the time, we didn't know that a son of a crash victim would eventually become someone we would all know and love.

I also want all who read this synopsis of the crash appreciate how vastly safer air travel has become since then. The last fatal plane crash in this country was, are you ready for this? more than a decade ago, in 2009. Yeah, really. Commercial travel is insanely safe.

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45 Years Ago Today; The crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 212 In Charlotte NC [View all] Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 OP

Thanks for posting this n/t lordsummerisle Sep 2019 #1

I also thank you for posting this. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #2

I know it's safe, but I am still terrified of flying. smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #3

You should be vastly more terrified of driving anywhere. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #4

I know. I do realize I have a phobia. Or many. smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #5

Please, please bring these things up with the PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #6

Thanks Poindexter! smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #10

Cheer up, Smirky PlanetBev Sep 2019 #8

Thanks PlanetBev! smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #11

I realize it's safe too, but I take the trains these days. LanternWaste Sep 2019 #9

I love trains! My brother in Baltimore usually hosts Thanksgiving so I can take the smirkymonkey Sep 2019 #12

This particular accident spurred improved cockpit crew management procedures Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #7