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Boeing: From Driverless Cars To Pilotless Airliners


According to Reuters, futurists at the aircraft manufacturing HQ are looking to the future of air transportation. They claim they may soon be putting passenger planes into the sky without human pilots.

With small, controlled drones becoming common in the air, it’s only a matter of time before the drones grow in size until they can carry passengers. So, what could possibly go wrong? Maybe a couple of decades from now, when your flight is preparing to land, the cheerful automatic pilot will inform passengers:

Fasten your seatbelts as we touch down in ... beep .. click ... Atlanta ...  awk ... Albany ... erk ... zap ... Afghanistan ... urg .... Amsterdam ... umph ... Argentina ... theeek ... Antarctica...smoooosh!

USA Today: Survey Reports Baddest Passenger List PDF Print E-mail


We see them on just about every flight. Those inconsiderate people who make your time in the air even less pleasant than the ever-smaller, overpriced seats. The USA Today survey’s top five on the list:

Rear seat kicker: Usually a nasty kid who does it lightly until you complain, then ramps up to woodpecker intensity. Inattentive parents: They bring the little seat kicker aboard just to bug you, plus a screaming, incontinent baby to complete the musical duo.

The aromatic passenger: Always seated next to you, eager to fill the air with distinctive smells. They may include unwashed clothes, cheap perfume, cigarette breath and/or combinations of all three and more.

The audio insensitive: Eager to share the latest screaming and screeching recorded noise right next to your sensitive ear. Kanye ever escape from it?

The boozer: The clothing and breath odors precede the staggering alcoholic even before your seatmate plops down next to you. Then, a stinky hello is the prelude to a frightening flight.

 
 
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