"HarryKrause" wrote in message
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Doug Kanter wrote:
Agreed. However, for many of the doctor-patient situations you'll find
yourself in, you have an opportunity to speak to the doctor and get a
sense of how much confidence to place in him/her. You never get to speak
to the person working on the plane you're about to board.

Not to worry; with all the airline cutbacks, your pilots on US-flagged
airlines won't be speaking English as their primary language anymore,
anyway.

Three weeks of simulated flight training in Bangladore, and they'll be
flying United.

I hope I can avoid public transportation for the next few months. There is
no homeland security in this country these days, and the Metro in DC is a
prime target. My wife uses it to get around downtown more than I do, and
I've asked her to take cabs, instead.

I gave up on the airlines 10-15 years ago. I'll only fly when there's really
no other practical choice. I don't like their "acceptable casualties"
formula.