September 17, 2013
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Battle of the Budget Airlines.
From the open top of the red Mustang convertible, heat from the Texan Saturday poured over us. It touched us in just the same way the tragic news story on the car's radio did: It was the story about how the little Chinese girls died after surviving the horrible burning incident of the Asiana plane to San Francisco.
The irony of it all was that the vehicle meant to rescue the victims from the plane's fire ran them over. Even more tragic, the foam meant to suppress the fire... was what hid them from the rushing fire engine.
Greed and I had just returned from globetrotting Asia, and of course, as the cheap fresh-out-of-college-and-living-all-alone kids that we were, we had frequently used budget airlines. I love them, most were well worth the pennies saved, as long as you knew they were budget.
Recently, many incidents had been sited saying planes had been catching fire. These can be attributed to either shaudy engineering, shitty maintenance or just stupid flight attendants with burning coffee pots. Whatever the cause, all these fires were just becoming heartbreaking.
Greed sigh at the end of the article then said, "This is why you should never take budget airlines from China. You never know when your plane will catch on fire."
I tipped my head to him and then said, "Well, we cannot take budget airlines from America cause you never know when they'll pull a Hissing Cobra."
AN: A Hissing Cobra is a maneuver used in airplanes (usually small regional jets from a particular company) in which a smaller plane will accelerate, clip and overtake a second plane just before landing. This is done with the sole intention of 'being a jerk'. To achieve enough stopping momentum, the plane will have to angle usually high making unsuspecting passengers unhappy. It's much like cutting off an asshole on the road if they cut into your lane or are moving particularly slow-- thus transferring asshole-ness to you, but giving you great satisfaction in the process. I know people who have experienced this phenomenon first hand.... and possibly performed this phenomenon first hand.
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