From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/20001 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Norman Walsh Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Flyyying Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:11:28 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <8534-Tue22Dec1998121128-0500-ndw@nwalsh.com> References: <7984-Tue22Dec1998070325-0500-ndw@nwalsh.com> <7w4sqo9oim.fsf@malachi.jlm.johnbryce.co.il> Reply-To: Norman Walsh NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035158288 14776 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:58:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:58:08 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from karazm.math.uh.edu (karazm.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.1]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA07335 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:13:49 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by karazm.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAB22749; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 11:13:30 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 22 Dec 1998 11:13:35 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA11098 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 11:13:26 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from nexus.berkshire.net (nexus.berkshire.net [206.72.196.10]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA07321 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:13:18 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from nwalshpc.berkshire.net (norm2.nwalsh.com [140.186.114.234]) by nexus.berkshire.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA19043 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 12:12:27 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: emacs 20.3.1 (via feedmail 7 I) Original-To: ding@gnus.org X-URL: http://nwalsh.com/ X-local-group-name: emacs.ding In-Reply-To: Yair Friedman's message of "22 Dec 1998 17:37:05 +0200" User-Agent: Gnus/5.070065 (Pterodactyl Gnus v0.65) Emacs/20.3 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Original-Lines: 43 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:20001 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:20001 | However, according to flight regulations, the really comfortable seats | which are in the cabin front and next to the emergency exit cannot be | assigned prior to flights. The airline should verify that passengers in Right, that's the problem. I can easily get an assigned seat in advance (in fact, I always do), but getting the exit row seats is the really important trick. | those seats are able to read the emergency instructions and being | physically able to open emergency doors and assist passengers in | emergencies. I've heard that this is not actually the case, and that the refusal to book exit row seats is just a matter of policy. The original reason, to let the ticketing agents ascertain your ability to perform the functions required, was apparently challenged (at least in the US) under the Americans with Disabilities act and judged to be discriminatory. That might be apocrophal, I don't have good reference. However, last April when I went to Bangkok, NW called me a couple of days before the flight and asked me if I'd mind taking an earlier flight for the Detroit to Tokyo leg. I agreed, but only on the condition that they assign me exit row seats the whole way there and back. They did. And for my comfortable flights, I got a seven hour layover in the Tokyo satelite terminal, which is easily one of the most uncomfortable airport terminals it has ever been my pleasure to endure. But it was worth it for 21 hours of sitting in an exit row seat. | Yair (Not flying much, but works for the airline industry). Ah, well maybe you can prove me wrong then. ;-) ObDing: Why does gnus query the nntp server when I use 'B m' to create a new nnml group by moving an article from another nnml group. Cheers, norm -- Norman Walsh | Picture a massless particle. http://nwalsh.com/ |