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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

"...the spirit of MOCHA HAGoTDI!" Huh?

Posted Friday, February 19, 2010, at 12:00 AM

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  • That Starbuck's Mocha thingee sounds better and better all the time. Now if we could just find a really good donut to go with it, we'd be all set for anything those prop jets (or whatever) might foist upon us.

    Make that a triple Bailey's reinforced Mocha which is about the minimum to get me on one of those flying sardine cans. After we reach two thousand feet, guess nothing would matter much anyway. We might even form the Cape Girardeau High Flying Cloud Scrappers Club.

    But I don't like planes. Rather travel on trains.

    -- Posted by voyager on Fri, Feb 19, 2010, at 10:38 AM
  • I've worked as a Lineman at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport for more than five years now. My duties include fueling and hangaring the Cessna 402 Business Liners flown by Cape Air. I've had the pleasure of getting to know the pilots and local ground crew of this company, and have found them to be extremely professional and dedicated to the safety and satisfaction of the folks who fly with them.

    Large airliners are not practical for short-distance flights, and the Cessna 402 is an ideal aircraft for the less than one hour trip from Cape to St.Louis. Like all of the 400-series Cessnas, it has long record of safety and dependability. Cessna has built more than 1500 of this particular model alone, and they serve with companies and individuals around the world.

    The small nature of Cape Air means that the person greeting you at the desk will also be the one who escorts you out to the aircraft and helps you board for your flight. I find this service to be a lot more personal than the cattle-herding techniques required to move many people at a large airport/airline.

    I'd encourage anyone who has considered a flight to St. Louis to at least give these folks a call and allow them a chance to tell you about their airline.

    I can't address your particular desire for as many people as possible to perish with you when your time comes, but I can assure anyone reading this that that mindset is not the one held by those who are charged with making flying as safe as possible, regardless of the type of aircraft.

    Sincerely, Kim Stricker

    -- Posted by Kim Stricker on Fri, Feb 19, 2010, at 8:52 PM
  • Splendid, Kim. You fly, I'll drive or go by train.

    -- Posted by voyager on Fri, Feb 19, 2010, at 11:26 PM