Slog - Comments on Fear of Flying http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying An Air Canada flight made an emergency landing in Ireland after a pilot apparently suffered a mental breakdown. A passenger said the pilot was carried from the plane shouting and swearing, saying he wanted to talk "to God".... One of the passengers, Sean Finucane, said he saw the co-pilot being carried into the cabin in restraints. "He was very, very distraught. He was yelling loudly at times," he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "He was swearing and asking for God and very distressed. He basically said he wanted to talk to God."... Copyright 2008 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:46:01 -0800 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:52:43 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Fucking awesome.

Pilots are always so hot. And they almost always have gray hair before they hit 40. Must be all of the stress. The whole God thing is a little unattractive, though.

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914521 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914521 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:51:25 -0800 Comment by hmm The pilot AND the copilot went crazy? Or is that a typo?

]]> hmm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914523 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914523 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:59:36 -0800 Comment by tsm This is Dan doing his part for the environment by scaring the crap out of everyone so that they never board a fuel-guzzling aircraft again.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914524 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914524 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:59:58 -0800 Comment by Homo Will He was in the air? Can't get much closer than that, just go ahead and talk buddy... go ahead and talk.

]]> Homo Will http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914526 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:02:18 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Sounds like me after a tad too much Jagermeister. At least I have thd good sense to just go home and crash.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914530 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914530 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:07:36 -0800 Comment by SeMe "One of the passengers, Sean Finucane"

Wow thats weird! I wonder if its the same Finucane whose father Pat was a solicitor in Belfast who was murdered by the UDA Protestant murder gang.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914531 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914531 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:08:13 -0800 Comment by Alex As a fearful flyer-- This post reinforces my fear. (Thanks Dan)--Ignorance is bliss.

I will continue to take 30 hour long train rides to visit family in Florida and 7-10 hour car drives to play gay hockey in Canada.

Maybe you should consider a post or Savage Love Special on Fear. I'd like to know that I am not the lone Savage freak who is scared shitless of flying.

]]> Alex http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914533 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914533 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:08:58 -0800 Comment by lostboy "You want to talk to God? Let's go see him together. I've got nothin' better to do..."

</fanboy>

]]> lostboy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914535 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914535 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:09:57 -0800 Comment by UNPAID BLOGGER Wait, now there's a BLACK AIRLINE?!

...Was Snoop the pilot, and Monique the saucey TSA official placed for maximum comedic potential?

]]> UNPAID BLOGGER http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914538 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:12:15 -0800 Comment by Kent Cudgel Maybe a sliver of all that has to do with pilots' admissions that flying the big birds nowadays has lost all its glamor.

]]> Kent Cudgel http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914540 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914540 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:15:00 -0800 Comment by Finucane @6: There are many Finucanes. Not all of us work for the IRA.

]]> Finucane http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914544 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:21:28 -0800 Comment by SeattleBrad He probably listened to the State of the Union speech.

]]> SeattleBrad http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914548 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:24:50 -0800 Comment by SeMe @11 pat did not work for the IRA you tool. the majority of his clients were everyday and non violent nationalists. the reason i asked was because his son was named SEAN. Next!

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914552 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914552 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:28:41 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Is this Canadian in the "I was born in Halifax and like hockey and drink Labatts" sense, or Canadian in the "A Racist Euphemism for African-American people" sense of the word?

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914604 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914604 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:59:35 -0800 Comment by Fnarf But, Dan -- are you SURE he wasn't a Muslim? I thought we only had to worry about Muslims. Christianity is a religion of peace.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c914638 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:17:12 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle This is why I use high-speed passenger trains when I can.

@14 - you missed the SLOG thread yesterday huh? All Canadians are apparently black lesbians ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c915261 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c915261 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:06:00 -0800 Comment by Jiberish this is so lame if you REALLY want to be afraid of flying go to alaska...its like the ultimate roller coaster ride with the option of death...which makes it awesome. fly into cordova in a turboprop in a gale or in a cessna out to the villages with a pilot who not only talks to god but you think might be drinking to keep the voices out...

]]> Jiberish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c915322 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c915322 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:10:20 -0800 Comment by max solomon we'd better get on that northern border security issue - those canadians could hurt us!

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c915699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/01/fear_of_flying#c915699 News Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:52:43 -0800