http://www.badlanguage.net/so-blind-pilots-can-find-it Writing, marketing and technology Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.badlanguage.net/so-blind-pilots-can-find-it/comment-page-1#comment-341259 Graeme Roberts Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:10:00 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/so-blind-pilots-can-find-it#comment-341259 Many years ago the ticketing agent at the Launceston, Tasmania airport, asked me whether I wanted to sit in the front or back of the plane. "Which is safer," I replied. With studied courtesy, he replied, "I have never heard of a plane backing into the mountain sir." Many years ago the ticketing agent at the Launceston, Tasmania airport, asked me whether I wanted to sit in the front or back of the plane. “Which is safer,” I replied. With studied courtesy, he replied, “I have never heard of a plane backing into the mountain sir.”

]]> http://www.badlanguage.net/so-blind-pilots-can-find-it/comment-page-1#comment-340555 Matthew Stibbe Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:58:53 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/so-blind-pilots-can-find-it#comment-340555 Fair point, Joe. Thanks for pointing that out. No offence intended, just irony. Fair point, Joe. Thanks for pointing that out. No offence intended, just irony.

]]> http://www.badlanguage.net/so-blind-pilots-can-find-it/comment-page-1#comment-340544 Joe Clark Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:25:31 +0000 http://www.badlanguage.net/so-blind-pilots-can-find-it#comment-340544 The ADA requires permanent room designations to be accessible. The example you photographed is clearly a marginal use case. These things happen. On the other hand, maybe they throw Christmas parties there and sighted crew have blind guests or family members. The ADA requires permanent room designations to be accessible. The example you photographed is clearly a marginal use case. These things happen. On the other hand, maybe they throw Christmas parties there and sighted crew have blind guests or family members.

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