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03 June 2010 All proceeds go to charity <http://freemendo.typepad.com/.a/6a00e398246ac988330133ec3db7e1970b-pi> Stews Alrightythen, that's enough. Get busy reading, knuckleheads. Are you with me? Okay, let's get back on task. Some weeks back I was reading here <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-travel-briefcase6-2010mar06,0,6470983 .story> that flight attendants want "combat training" in order to better defend themselves and their passengers against attacks on an airplane. These RyanAir cupcakes don't look very motivated, to me. Speaking to flight crews now; the truth is that you're at greater risk of assault in the Safeway parking lot or condo stairwell than in a plane. And so are the rest of us. Please, don't get me wrong. I appreciate all you brave men and women who climb into airplanes every day knowing that that very day on that very flight there might be as many as 15-20 terrorists who will try to take over the plane, not with the purpose of flying to Cuba and negotiating for the release of some of the brothers at Gitmo, but with the zealous intent to kill everyone on board and as many on the ground as they can who are unlucky enough to be under their brand new shiny exploding plane. I get it. You want to live. So what's the price you're willing to pay for it? Is it worth 6 months of tanning salon/spa treatments? Is it worth not spending money to go to Vegas or Cabo or Fiji or Tuscany? It should be. Is it a better investment of time and money for you to hit the most lush golf course around every time you get a day or two off? Or, to wander shopping malls and flea markets? Haven't you tasted enough wine? Don't you have enough shoes? If you want to survive the battles that will surely come on aircraft, you need to take matters into your own hands. Literally. Now. You need to stop begging or demanding training be paid for by corporate weenies and seek it out and pay for it yourselves. If corporate were to pay for training, which they will not, the training will not be combat speed, as we used to say back in the day. It will be minimal, vague, with lots of warnings given as to what will happen to you if you use it. For you FA types and anyone else who wants to survive the next aircraft take-over coming down the pike, then look at the basics I've written about <http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2008/03/well-then-mak-1.html> here, <http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2008/03/answering-the-b.html> here, and <http://freemendo.typepad.com/undaunted/2008/04/an-old-hippie-w.html> here. I was there at all the all-day meetings when the representatives of the FAA, the major airlines, Boeing, Airbus, the APA and AFA got together at the order of President Bush. <http://freemendo.typepad.com/.a/6a00e398246ac988330134828a4da5970c-pi> George-bush20frowning An imperfect but good, honorable man, respected and loved by all true American warriors. They were all there to find ways to secure cockpit doors to prevent more aircraft from being commandeered and crashed. And there was real fear in that room. Suggestions were made at that time that flight attendants be trained in various self- and cabin-defense tactics and a certain company was preparing to make an offer to provide this training. For a number of reasons, into which I won't go here, that offer was never made. But, whatever those reasons are, the truth is each one ~ flight crew and passenger ~ is responsible for his or her own level of preparedness and willingness to act. I know a bartender who had a baby not long ago who goes to Krav Maga class. The bartender, not the baby. She pays for the training with her own money, minimum wage plus tips for which she works hard and diligently... and she's a scintillating conversationalist. She's sore every now and then when I see her at work but I admire her for her spunk, for taking responsibility for her own protection and that of her baby. So what's your excuse? You have none. First things first: you need to get tough ~ not in shape ~ tough. If your goal is to get in shape, you'll quit when you get sweat in your eyes or when your favorite show is on the tube. Your workout needs to break you into a sweat, leaving you exhausted as you lean on the shower wall when you're done. None of this sissy shit; sashaying into the gym, water bottle in hand, freshly washed and wearing height-of-fashion workout clothes with your freakin' cell phone in your pocket so you don't miss any calls. If you won't dedicate yourself to at least 45 minutes of gut-wrenching toil, then you ~ flight attendant or not ~ deserve to get your ass beat. Why? Because you don't deserve to be trained or protected, you only deserve that for which you're willing to pay. And since you won't pay the price, you'll get exactly what you deserve. So, let's get you geared up. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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