Astrophysicists hate boarding planes, too

Johnathan Rush 28 Feb, 2008 at 8:38pm ET Article published in Tech

“Now boarding astrophysicists, and our first class passengers.”

Comments

29 Feb 2008 ~ 12:01pm RADA This is kinda like communism...

... looks great on paper, or in a lab.

Been on enough flights to say I think this would fail miserably with the first real-life run.

IE: Businessman/Flying Diva with JUMBO-Sized carry-on he/she won't check in...

Mother with 3 kids (all with backpacks)

ETC...
29 Feb 2008 ~ 1:35pm rapture I don't know what it is about flying and people acting like selfish idiots, I couldn't be a flight attendant.

Problem with loading planes is you often have a single entry point and passengers with too much junk to carry on. 18 minutes in an airport should tell you that, 18 months in a lab as RADA said is not the same.
29 Feb 2008 ~ 1:46pm Harudath the time will even itself out, more doors for people to get on, longer speech from the air hostess...

"Exit points are here, and here, and here, and here, and there, and around there, and over there, and here too, and to the left, and to the right, two on the roof, and over there and over there...."
29 Feb 2008 ~ 9:00pm mmonnin Jesus just board the people in the back of the plane 1st so everyone can get on at once. The people in the front hold everyone else up when putting their crap away.
1 Mar 2008 ~ 12:59am airbornflght I've never flown before, but I'm heading to Washington D.C. right before spring break for a leadership academy. All I plan on taking is my backpack with tablet. What else could you possibly need to carry on? Good lord, it's not like you're gonna be there for more than two or three hours.
1 Mar 2008 ~ 1:11am rapture

Good lord, it's not like you're gonna be there for more than two or three hours.

Heh, not true at all but still, that's no excuse. A lot of the time return trips are the worst. Holiday makers bringing back way too much crap and not wanting to pay for the extra weight in their cases.
1 Mar 2008 ~ 1:21am mmonnin I just flew to Chicago and I was surprised at how much people bring on. Some have like 2 bags plus the maximum size luggage that is allowed in the on-board storrage.