Herman by Jim Unger for June 27, 2013

That’s why they serve drinks.

look, just because you’ve been drinking with the pilot…

you can smoke out on the wing

I retired from GE Aviation, and one of our favorite mottos, when encountering a defective part was, “You’ll never see it at 500 miles an hour, 7 miles up.”

Oh, quit complaing, you can live without cigs for THAT long. ( See today’s Dark Side Of The Horse. )

Absolutely not. Feel free to walk to your destination if you really need that cig so bad.

I remember when the airlines gave out little packs of five cigs when you boarded!

I can remember when the airlines fed you. Brought you all the free drinks. I even remember Pan Am and Branniff.

I also remember the “pre-deregulation” days of airline travel. That great time to fly before 1978, when (actual) meals were free, drinks were free, and airlines were actually glad of your business.And, of course, in those carefree days, open airports – no terrorism worries. Sure glad I no longer have to fly commercially.

It always bothered me that,before boarding Bonanza Airlines, they had a $100,000 insurance machine right next to the ticket counter..I just watched the movie “Airport” and they had one of those..

Yes, I do.

“I’m sorry sir, but your flight was overbooked. You’ll have to catch the next flight.”-“That’s okay, I always figure if I miss a flight, that might be the one to go down.”-“Ma’am! He can have my seat. I just decided to take a bus instead.”