An R/C Pilot's Worst Nightmare

When you get a chance you should have a look at the above named  article in the November 2003 edition of RCModeler magazine.  It will bring most of you to earth very quickly, particularly those of you who accidentally 'forget' to comply with the MAAC flight line guidelines.

Although the article is aimed at US modellers it is very applicable to us in Canada.  The nub of the article is that if you do not follow MAAC guidelines/rules, then your insurance cover may become invalid and you could be personally liable for any damages you caused - and, that could bankrupt you.

As I am sure many of you know, insurance companies do not like risk and they certainly attempt to avoid payouts if they can avoid them.  If they can show you were negligent (e.g. not doing your pre-flight check, not flying beyond the flight line etc.), you might easily end up on your own if you have to claim.  If you were showing off with your loops, rolls and dare devil stunts on the wrong side of the flight line and your radio failed causing you to crash into someone.  Who would liable?  I'm not sure you could rely on MAAC to protect you.

Suggested by Bill T, and summarised by Peter (aka Ed).

Ha Ha corner

(Thanks to Ray for pointing out these announcements from www.wardell.org- Ed)

• On a Continental Flight with a very "senior" flight attendant crew, the pilot said, "Ladies and gentlemen, we've reached cruising altitude and will be turning down the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of your flight attendants."
• On landing the stewardess said, "Please be sure to take all you belongings. If you're going to leave anything, please make sure it's something we'd like to have."
• "There may be 50 ways to leave your lover, but there are only 4 ways out of this airplane."
• "Thank you for flying Delta Business Express. We hope you enjoyed giving us the business as much as we enjoyed taking you for a ride."
• As the plane landed and was coming to a stop at Washington National, a lone voice came over the loudspeaker: "Whoa, big fella. Whoa!"
• After a particularly rough landing during thunderstorms in Memphis, a flight attendant on a Northwest flight announced, "Please take care when opening the overhead compartments because, after a landing like that, certainly everything has shifted."
• Weather at our destination is 50 degrees with some broken clouds, but we'll try to have them fixed before we arrive. Thank you, and remember, nobody loves you, or your money, more than Southwest Airlines."
• And from the pilot during his welcome message: "Delta Airlines is pleased to have some of the best flight attendants in the industry. Unfortunately, none of them are on this flight "
• Heard on Southwest Airlines just after a very hard landing in Salt Lake City: The flight attendant came on the intercom and said, "That was quite a bump, and I know what y'all are thinking. I'm here to tell you it wasn't the airline's fault, it wasn't the pilot's fault, it wasn't the flight attendant's fault ... it was the asphalt!"
• Another flight attendant's comment on a less than perfect landing: "We ask you to please remain seated as Captain Kangaroo bounces us to the terminal."
• Part of a flight attendant's arrival announcement: "We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. And, the next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube, we hope you'll think of US Airways."
• On a Southwest flight leaving St. Louis, we sat in the plane while it idled, waiting for clearance to enter the runway. We had been sitting there for about five minutes, when a flight attendant at the front of the plane picked up her microphone and called to the attendant at the back,

A reluctant response came, "Yes, Stacy?"

"Jenna, do you know how to keep a flight attendant in suspense?"

"No, Stacy, I don't. How do you keep a flight attendant in suspense?"

After about twenty seconds of silence, applause and laughter began throughout the cabin. Jenna then added,

"Nice one, Stacy."

• After a particularly rough landing, our chief flight attendant said,

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