'A Sudden, Terrible Stillness'

My observations about air travel is that by the time you realize the plane is in trouble, it???s far too late. I have this thing I do, when I fly, started years ago but I find myself ding it every time I fly. I measure the time between engine spool up and wheels off the ground. This usually takes around 45 seconds. One year, I was flying out of Las Vegas on a DC-9. I was talking to the guy sitting next to me, who was in the aircraft industry. It soon dawned on both of us that a lot of time had went by since the pilot spooled up the engines and we were still on the runway. It felt like he was on a leisurely drive down to the end of the runway to look around. Looking at my watch, to my horror it was well over a minute. About that time, a few heads popped up over the seats looking around. I looked outside, and noticed we were at the end of runway warning stripes, still on the ground. The pilot finally brought the nose up, it felt like the plane was going way too slow to fly, I thought we were going to stall. A shallow climb brought us to altitude and the rest of the flight went off without a hitch. When we finally decided we could exhale, the guy sitting next to me said ???I fly three or four times a month and I have never had THAT happen before.??? Three of the other guys who were looking around commented that they thought we were in real trouble. I don't know whether or not we were, but only three of had any idea what was going on. I think it was touch and go there for a while. The women on the plane had no clue.

I misspelled explain.

Jeb Tilly should be taken out and shot for his rude selfishness that put other passengers at risk!
He states "I'd managed to grab my bag, which had a phone, sweater and jacket," well aren't you glad you are safe warm and comfortablem but since you were right at the emergency exit you blocked others from leaving. None of them died, Thank god for that but some of them who suffered from the smoke did so because it took longer for them to get out due to your selfishness Mr. Jeb Tilly!
Yes a gribbing dramatic tale is told, too bad it is of one man ignoring the safety warning we hear on every flight to not stop to gather our belongings, but rather to quickly exit the plane.
I am glad no one died, but I wonder if the plane had flashed over faster and some passengers had died would Tilly realize his act caused their death.

Nice mmck, criticize the people who lived through a horrible ordeal. I'm sure he wasn't thinking rationally at the time one way or the other. And I'm certain that if YOU were in a similar situation, YOU would respond with perfect protocol. Lighten up and be grateful that all made it out alive and quit criticizing people who have never been in such a position before for not responding perfectly. Ridiculous, shame on you!

I travel in and out of Denver frequently, and it is without doubt my favorite airport in terms of security, maintenance, and convenvience. It's truly tragic that this incident occurred, but we can at least be glad it wasn't worse. On the issue of grabbing the bag -- which seems to be the major dramatic question here -- let me say this: smart move, my friend, and worthy of a Boy Scout. In the event of an emergency such as this, there is NO reason why anyone should be taking the time to retrieve a bag from the overhead compartments. On the other hand, I ALWAYS keep my purse (actually, it's kind of a multi-purpose tote bag) right next to me during the flight. It contains my ID, money, credit cards, meds, cell phone, and the essentials I would need to sustain a travel interruption of hours or even days. And grabbing it would be as natural as breathing to me. It wouldn't take more than a second or two; it wouldn't jeopardize any other passenger; it would not interfere with airline emergency operations. But, by golly, it would mean the world to me to have it with me when the worst has happened. Good for JTilly. The airlines need to recognize reality and issue recommendations for carrying an under-the-seat emergency bag. They have already created a monster by adding so many baggage fees that people drag their entire estate onboard to stow overhead.

A couple of thoughts on my decision to grab the bag: I was in the last seat in the farthest corner of the plane so i wasn't holding anyone up. At the time that i made the decision there was a rush for the door, and it seemed smarter to be patient than to join the push and try to struggle past others. as i waited i thought to grab the bag, which was at my feet. took about 2 seconds. in retrospect i believe it was a good decision. it was 10 degrees outside and i was able to give my wife a jacket, and lend my phone to several people who needed to get in touch with their own loved ones.

The Plane Crash Of Continental Air Flight 1404..

By: Jordan C. Fan, Prophet Of Environment.

With the Bush Administration, the U. S. still has a sense of decency. Beginning with the Obama Administration, those decency will be gone. The Plane Crash Of Continental Air Flight 1404 from Texas to Denver is a revelation which reminisce the transition from Bush to Obama since Colorado is the election "Battle State" which had decided the final outcome of the election. Since Obama is very much a puppet of the Kennedy family, the memory of the John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash at the Atlantic coast will resurface. A long series of plane crashes in the U. S. will then follow. Many people should and will wish that will not happen. With the start of the Obama Administration. It is very likely the next one will be U. S. Air Airline. I guess some people will and should hope that crashes will not happen. We will see!

There is no right or wrong to how someone reacts to something like this.

The Rocket: how old are you? grow up

The Ballad Of Jeb Tilly

Come and listen to a story about a man named Jeb
A wannabe journalist, trying to keep his family fed.
Then one day when he was riding in a plane
He got his big chance through others suffering and pain.

Fear that is, makes people read.

Well the first thing you know ol Jeb knows how to scare
While the flight attendants yelled, "Jeb move away from there."
He said to himself, "Hey, there's a story here for me!"
So he grabbed his bag and phone during all the calamity.

Crash, that is, burning fuel, evacuate the plane.

Well now its time for Jeb to write using fancy words to awe his kin,
(the story's greatly embellished and full of inconsistency to the end).
You're all invited back again to this locality
To read a heapin helpin of all the hostility.

Credibility that is. Glad he can spell. Get your butt off!!

Flying's way too safe to be agitated with all this fear.

That is one of the stupidest things you can do is take time to grab something. It's all about getting out of there as fast as possible. You hold other people up by trying to take your belongings. If you want to take something off a burning plane wait and be last off. People are stupid and Kimi big benifit because he had his cell phone. Must be one hell of a important phone call after that. This is could have caused someone there life or a few people.