Udhay Shankar N wrote: [ on 10:13 PM 12/27/2001 ]
If you can bring yourself to take this seriously, it makes a lot of
sense. That's a VERY big if for the kind of people who make policy.
Udhay
December 26, 2001
Naked Air
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN
<http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/26/opinion/26FRIE.html?todaysheadlines>
[I] n the wake of the attempted bombing last week of the American
Airlines flight from Paris by a terrorist nut with explosives in
his shoe, I'm thinking of starting my own airline, which would be
called: Naked Air. Its motto would be: "Everybody flies naked and
nobody worries." Or "Naked Air - where the only thing you wear is a seat belt."
On a much lighter note (note the date of the posting I'm following up to):
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/01/29/1201369085633.html
Nude flights take off in Germany
January 29, 2008 - 9:58AM
German holidaymakers will be able to indulge their love of naturism
by taking to the skies nude on special flights being launched this
year, a travel company said today.
"In the former East Germany, naturist holidays were a much-loved way
of spending the best weeks of the year," said the founder of
OssiUrlaub.de, Enrico Hess.
"We want to make that freedom possible above the clouds too."
The flights are aimed specifically at former East Germans, nicknamed
"Ossis" in German, who feel nostalgic for the naturism that was
authorised and extremely popular under communist rule.
The first nude flights will be a day-trip on July 5 between Erfurt in
southeast Germany and the Baltic Sea island of Usedom, which is
fringed by white sand beaches.
Tickets cost E499 ($A838) and there are just 50 seats on board the jet.
"All the passengers will fly naked, but they are only allowed to
undress once they are in the plane. But then they will be able to
enjoy the hour-long flight in the way God intended," Hess said.
The pilot and the flight attendants will however keep their clothes on.
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