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Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« on: March 16, 2010, 09:43:03 AM »
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They were supposed to be taking a direct flight from LAX to JFK - but wound up on a 16-hour nightmare tour by air and bus of New York state, The New York Post reported Tuesday.

Before finally arriving at their destination, the starving passengers of jinxed Virgin America Flight 404 had been stranded on a tarmac for seven hours and forced to ride a bus for another two-and-a-half hours.

At one point, food supplies aboard the plane were so low that Pringles chips had to be rationed: four chips apiece, furious passengers said.

"That's all we got - four chips and half a cup of water," said disgusted flier Justin Gordon, 23. ...
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What use are 4 Pringles? The only thing they would do for me is prompt the desire to have more.  :-)
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #1 on: March 16, 2010, 09:50:46 AM »
"Bet you can't eat just one." :evillaugh:
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #2 on: March 16, 2010, 09:53:22 AM »
Reason #93,659,233 why it's great to have my own pilot's license and access to my own airplane(s)...  :naughty: :fuelfire:
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #3 on: March 16, 2010, 09:57:25 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on March 16, 2010, 09:53:22 AM
Reason #93,659,233 why it's great to have my own pilot's license and access to my own airplane(s)...  :naughty: :fuelfire:

I would thing bringing your own snacks would be cheaper. :whistling:
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2010, 10:04:44 AM »
Quote from: Chris on March 16, 2010, 09:57:25 AM
I would thing bringing your own snacks would be cheaper. :whistling:

It is.  But sitting on a tarmac for 7 hours?  And of course, it's not **THEIR** fault, it's the weather!
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2010, 10:08:10 AM »
Quote from: Chris on March 16, 2010, 09:57:25 AM
I would thing bringing your own snacks would be cheaper. :whistling:

I'm sure it is, but when you combine this crap with reason #67,247,942 - no TSA perverts groping and eye-humping my wife and/or my son - the price of liberty is put into better perspective. :II:
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2010, 10:24:59 AM »
Error 404 , food not found on long flight.
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2010, 12:12:43 PM »
LVL, taking up 4 seats would have downed the can and all.
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2010, 01:05:55 PM »
Quote from: FGL on March 16, 2010, 12:12:43 PM
LVL, taking up 4 seats would have downed the can and all.

And then started on the other passengers.
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2010, 01:06:40 PM »
Quote from: Chris on March 16, 2010, 01:05:55 PM
And then started on the other passengers.

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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2010, 01:13:57 PM »
Quote from: FGL on March 16, 2010, 01:06:40 PM
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #12 on: March 16, 2010, 02:39:04 PM »
Just be thankful there wasn't a Uruguayan rugby team on board.










(Side note, the book "Alive" by Piers Paul Read is an amazing telling of the Andes story.)
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2010, 07:26:28 PM »
Quote from: MarshallLaw on March 16, 2010, 02:39:04 PM
Just be thankful there wasn't a Uruguayan rugby team on board.










(Side note, the book "Alive" by Piers Paul Read is an amazing telling of the Andes story.)

I read that way back when it came out.  I think they made a movie from it, but I never saw the movie.
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #14 on: March 16, 2010, 10:52:04 PM »
Quote from: thundley4 on March 16, 2010, 07:26:28 PM
I read that way back when it came out.  I think they made a movie from it, but I never saw the movie.

They did.

It's been on tv on various channels.
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #15 on: March 17, 2010, 06:31:18 AM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on March 16, 2010, 09:53:22 AM
Reason #93,659,233 why it's great to have my own pilot's license and access to my own airplane(s)...  :naughty: :fuelfire:
And those pesky IRS buildings.
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #16 on: March 17, 2010, 09:32:50 AM »
Quote from: Mr Snuggle Bunny on March 17, 2010, 06:31:18 AM
And those pesky IRS buildings.

Naw. I'm one of those "wierd" pilots who believes firmly in keeping the number of take-offs and landings equal.
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #17 on: March 17, 2010, 01:02:33 PM »
Quote from: DefiantSix on March 17, 2010, 09:32:50 AM
Naw. I'm one of those "wierd" pilots who believes firmly in keeping the number of take-offs and landings equal.

And carrying enough Pringles.
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Re: Passengers Had to Ration Pringles on 16-Hour Flight
« Reply #18 on: March 17, 2010, 04:41:08 PM »
Quote from: FGL on March 17, 2010, 01:02:33 PM
And carrying enough Pringles.

Or at least landing at the nearest airport when the beer and Pringles run out.  That's the other nice thing about having access to "my own" plane.  :-)
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