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> In other words, I do what I think is sensible, reasonable. Do you ignore medical advice because it is delivered by a nurse or CNA instead of the doctor himse

> In other words, I do what I think is sensible, reasonable. Do you ignore medical advice because it is delivered by a nurse or CNA instead of the doctor himself? The CNA doesn't have experience prescribing medication, and is simply "parroting" information from the doctor. Does that make it less valid? Are you an electrical engineer with experience in RF interference and complex avionics? No? Then you have no more knowledge of the situation than the hostess "parroting" instructions. Any rationalization you have is simply an excuse for being impatient. Also, I hate everyone who grabs their bag immediately and stands up in the aisle. You realize we have another five minutes before the door opens, right? tl;dr: You're kinda an entitled jerk on airplanes, which is one of the reasons I absolutely hate flying. For whatever reason, people like to pretend that they are god's gift to man when flying on an airplane.

swombat 14y ago
Do you ignore medical advice because it is delivered by a nurse or CNA instead of the doctor himself? The CNA doesn't have experience prescribing medication, and is simply "parroting" information from the doctor. Does that make it less valid? It depends. I know a couple of doctors personally, and so I double-check medical advice given to me (by nurses or others) with them. Some nurses give pretty awful advice. I have a permanent stiffness in one of my ankles because of crappy medical advice by a nurse. Are you an electrical engineer with experience in RF interference and complex avionics? No? Then you have no more knowledge of the situation than the hostess "parroting" instructions. Any rationalization you have is simply an excuse for being impatient. I have a Masters in Physics, and I built electronics circuits before - yes, I have more knowledge of RF interference than the air hostess parrotting instructions. Beyond the knowledge, simple observation shows that there is no interference problem: most people don't know how to turn off their iPads and Kindles properly, or don't care. Probably about 1/4 of the passengers have one or more devices switched on during take-off and landing - more every month. And yet there has been no recorded increase in airplane crashes. Also, I hate everyone who grabs their bag immediately and stands up in the aisle. You realize we have another five minutes before the door opens, right? Yep - and I want to spend that five minutes able to focus my mind somewhere else (e.g. my phone) rather than glancing expectantly at the luggage rack waiting for my chance to scurry and pick up my bag. Once the line starts moving, I want to be one of those people who just moves - not one of those jerks who then proceeds to spend 30 seconds blocking the line to fish out their bag and slows everyone else down. tl;dr: You're kinda an entitled jerk on airplanes, which is one of the reasons I absolutely hate flying. For whatever reason, people like to pretend that they are god's gift to man when flying on an airplane. I've made it a policy to not read tl;dr;s. It's a recent thing. Did I miss something of value in there?

swombat 14y ago

Do you ignore medical advice because it is delivered by a nurse or CNA instead of the doctor himself? The CNA doesn't have experience prescribing medication, and is simply "parroting" information from the doctor. Does that make it less valid? It depends. I know a couple of doctors personally, and so I double-check medical advice given to me (by nurses or others) with them. Some nurses give pretty awful advice. I have a permanent stiffness in one of my ankles because of crappy medical advice by a nurse. Are you an electrical engineer with experience in RF interference and complex avionics? No? Then you have no more knowledge of the situation than the hostess "parroting" instructions. Any rationalization you have is simply an excuse for being impatient. I have a Masters in Physics, and I built electronics circuits before - yes, I have more knowledge of RF interference than the air hostess parrotting instructions. Beyond the knowledge, simple observation shows that there is no interference problem: most people don't know how to turn off their iPads and Kindles properly, or don't care. Probably about 1/4 of the passengers have one or more devices switched on during take-off and landing - more every month. And yet there has been no recorded increase in airplane crashes. Also, I hate everyone who grabs their bag immediately and stands up in the aisle. You realize we have another five minutes before the door opens, right? Yep - and I want to spend that five minutes able to focus my mind somewhere else (e.g. my phone) rather than glancing expectantly at the luggage rack waiting for my chance to scurry and pick up my bag. Once the line starts moving, I want to be one of those people who just moves - not one of those jerks who then proceeds to spend 30 seconds blocking the line to fish out their bag and slows everyone else down. tl;dr: You're kinda an entitled jerk on airplanes, which is one of the reasons I absolutely hate flying. For whatever reason, people like to pretend that they are god's gift to man when flying on an airplane. I've made it a policy to not read tl;dr;s. It's a recent thing. Did I miss something of value in there?