US Federal Judge Strikes Down Masks on Planes and Public Tansit

[wesheltonj]

This will be for show and will not be pursued. Watch. election year remember.

While I agree it’s an election year, the Justice Department does not file for show anything. Those guys mean serious business. I doubt they would file an “Anders Brief” on behalf of your boss just to file an appeal, because that what your client wants, but I suppose it could happen.

You heard Circle Back say it’s not about the mask, it’s about the power.

 

[Edge]

It sure was nice flying home from Tucson yesterday without a mask!

 

[sestoppelman]

I stress more in the foreign airports, not on the plane. Once on the plane, no issues. Watch a movie, read or take a nap.

You must lead a charmed life. My first safari flights were a nightmare and havent improved much since, starting in 1985 on my first of 8 trips over.
I had recently quit smoking and back then it was still allowed on flights. I got stuck next to some really obnoxious Krauts who had cigs going the whole time I sat next to them and the jerk on my left had is elbow hogging the arm rest with his smoke going right into my face. I asked politely several times in pidgin German to remove thine smoking materials from mein freaking face, BITTE!!!!!! To no avail. I had to physically remove his arm from the rest. I thought it might come to blows!
This same ahole was taking his lighter and singeing the fingertips of the guy in front of him who had his hands behind his head. When he would turn around my smoking buddy would look elsewhere and act innocent. Hard to believe now looking back on it, it was just awful.
So yeah, my introduction to international flights was pretty bad.
There are other tales but you get the picture.

 

[CoElkHunter]

You must lead a charmed life. My first safari flights were a nightmare and havent improved much since, starting in 1985 on my first of 8 trips over.
I had recently quit smoking and back then it was still allowed on flights. I got stuck next to some really obnoxious Krauts who had cigs going the whole time I sat next to them and the jerk on my left had is elbow hogging the arm rest with his smoke going right into my face. I asked politely several times in pidgin German to remove thine smoking materials from mein freaking face, BITTE!!!!!! To no avail. I had to physically remove his arm from the rest. I thought it might come to blows!
This same ahole was taking his lighter and singeing the fingertips of the guy in front of him who had his hands behind his head. When he would turn around my smoking buddy would look elsewhere and act innocent. Hard to believe now looking back on it, it was just awful.
So yeah, my introduction to international flights was pretty bad.
There are other tales but you get the picture.

"taking his lighter and singing the fingertips of the guy in front of him". NOW THAT'S entertainment for a long flight! Ah, the good 'ol days. LOL

 

[BnC 04]

"taking his lighter and singing the fingertips of the guy in front of him". NOW THAT'S entertainment for a long flight! Ah, the good 'ol days. LOL

I'd have zero issues pulling a "Mike Tyson" if it were my fingertips.

 

[sestoppelman]

"taking his lighter and singing the fingertips of the guy in front of him". NOW THAT'S entertainment for a long flight! Ah, the good 'ol days. LOL

It was the flight from Hell I tell you!

In 2007 on our way to Namibia with my daughter, brother and his wife we got hosed just about every which way from Sunday.
First our flight out of Seattle got delayed, then cancelled for an O ring! My brother, not one to suffer fools gladly started making a scene, wanted his money back, loudly questioning the ancestry of the airport personnel etc. wasnt helping anything at all. Finally got him calmed down, got our agent on the horn with the airline gal and they got another flight lined up, hours later of course.
So we arrived in DC late, missed our connection, had to lay overnight in DC, fun....?

Next day on our new SAA flight it was full of stupid ass school kids on some stupid ass senior trip or other, all of them playing musical instruments and running around like headless chickens, just generally acting like little children often do, being a PITA! It was total bedlam! Pandemonium!
Then some stupid broad was running around looking for a new seat because she didnt liker hers, full flight mind you!
Trying to get the damn bird off the ground, the head flight attendant got on the PA and yelled at this POS goofy broad to sit her stupid butt down now!!!!!!
We left DC.... late...

Arrived in Jo.... late. Had an airline gal literally run us thru the airport to catch the soon to depart flight for Windhoek, running the whole way. Got there.... just in time to see the bus for the tarmac pull away from its stall. Gal says oh, so sorry. Once it has pulled away, it cannot come back... so we watched it go on its merry way without us.. are we having fun yet? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now we have missed our flight, again.
We have no arrangements made for our guns to lay over there. Fortunately a very nice lady took our cases and put them in bond overnight for the flight out to Windhoek and then we had to book new flights.
Only room available was a two bed affair in a hotel and there is 4 of us. It was miserable. My brother was being a bigger PITA than before and was trying to run the show even though he had never been there before.
Finally got out of JO next day for Namibia for a hunt with Eden. We have now lost a full day of our 10 day hunt, and most of our luggage was not there for pickup. Options are wait and see and leave next day for camp (getting late) or leave and hope our stuff is found and sent out to us. We left.
Our rifles had showed, but not our bags, though the next day someone drove our bags out to Eden for us. Now we could at least change clothes and go hunting!

See why I hate flying?

 

[CoElkHunter]

It was the flight from Hell I tell you!

In 2007 on our way to Namibia with my daughter, brother and his wife we got hosed just about every which way from Sunday.
First our flight out of Seattle got delayed, then cancelled for an O ring! My brother, not one to suffer fools gladly started making a scene, wanted his money back, loudly questioning the ancestry of the airport personnel etc. wasnt helping anything at all. Finally got him calmed down, got our agent on the horn with the airline gal and they got another flight lined up, hours later of course.
So we arrived in DC late, missed our connection, had to lay overnight in DC, fun....?

Next day on our new SAA flight it was full of stupid ass school kids on some stupid ass senior trip or other, all of them playing musical instruments and running around like headless chickens, just generally acting like little children often do, being a PITA! It was total bedlam! Pandemonium!
Then some stupid broad was running around looking for a new seat because she didnt liker hers, full flight mind you!
Trying to get the damn bird off the ground, the head flight attendant got on the PA and yelled at this POS goofy broad to sit her stupid butt down now!!!!!!
We left DC.... late...

Arrived in Jo.... late. Had an airline gal literally run us thru the airport to catch the soon to depart flight for Windhoek, running the whole way. Got there.... just in time to see the bus for the tarmac pull away from its stall. Gal says oh, so sorry. Once it has pulled away, it cannot come back... so we watched it go on its merry way without us.. are we having fun yet? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now we have missed our flight, again.
We have no arrangements made for our guns to lay over there. Fortunately a very nice lady took our cases and put them in bond overnight for the flight out to Windhoek and then we had to book new flights.
Only room available was a two bed affair in a hotel and there is 4 of us. It was miserable. My brother was being a bigger PITA than before and was trying to run the show even though he had never been there before.
Finally got out of JO next day for Namibia for a hunt with Eden. We have now lost a full day of our 10 day hunt, and most of our luggage was not there for pickup. Options are wait and see and leave next day for camp (getting late) or leave and hope our stuff is found and sent out to us. We left.
Our rifles had showed, but not our bags, though the next day someone drove our bags out to Eden for us. Now we could at least change clothes and go hunting!

See why I hate flying?

Yeah, what a friggin nightmare! I know you mentioned on a previous post somewhere that your brother never went again. It's no wonder. When you have absolutely NO control in those situations and you're at the mercy of everything you've described, makes for an unpleasant/disastrous trip. Unfortunately, the ONLY thing you can do is "go with the flow" because there is nothing else you can do at that time. I'm very sorry to hear that happened to you and especially your brother, because apparently he was traumatized enough to keep him from ever going with you again. You know, I think it also depends on one's personality as to the "scale of effect" with regards to the situation you've described. If one is used to always being in charge of things, it's a mentally draining situation when you have no control of what's happening to you? I'm married, so I have little control of anything, so ...? LOL

 

[WebleyGreene455]

You must lead a charmed life. My first safari flights were a nightmare and havent improved much since, starting in 1985 on my first of 8 trips over.
I had recently quit smoking and back then it was still allowed on flights. I got stuck next to some really obnoxious Krauts who had cigs going the whole time I sat next to them and the jerk on my left had is elbow hogging the arm rest with his smoke going right into my face. I asked politely several times in pidgin German to remove thine smoking materials from mein freaking face, BITTE!!!!!! To no avail. I had to physically remove his arm from the rest. I thought it might come to blows!
This same ahole was taking his lighter and singeing the fingertips of the guy in front of him who had his hands behind his head. When he would turn around my smoking buddy would look elsewhere and act innocent. Hard to believe now looking back on it, it was just awful.
So yeah, my introduction to international flights was pretty bad.
There are other tales but you get the picture.

In my childhood, I'd get miserably airsick even on domestic flights more than an hour long. Eight hours of transatlantic vomiting and feeling like hell made me dread flying. Even though I don't have that issue anymore, the years of memory still make me a bit apprehensive about it. I don't think I'd be able to even consider going on safari if not for being able to get an OTC med that fixed it.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I'd have zero issues pulling a "Mike Tyson" if it were my fingertips.

More entertainment! LOL