Volcanos and swine Flu - The Fun of Flying
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Volcanos and swine Flu - The Fun of Flying
Everybody knows that the airlines have not been doing that well lately. Between the rising cost of fuel and the ongoing hassles of cleaning up after young Nigerian millionaires with exploding underpants, the industry has been faced with a series of unprecedented challenges.
To add insult to injury, a certain volcano in Iceland (Eyjafjallajokull, whose name is really hard to say for most news reporters; it's pronounced "Xgicxgsrnlglu") recently shut down airports all over Europe and paralyzed air travel world-wide. Of course, most airlines are not compensating the stranded passengers in any way, since a volcano is an "Act of God."
Still, their profits are in trouble. Things are getting so grim that the airlines may eventually have to let the average income of their top executives plunge below three million dollars a year!
Funny story:
Last fall I had a ticket to fly to New York on an airline that shall remain nameless (it was Delta). This trip was something I really wanted and needed to do; it was a great business opportunity, plus it would provide me with a chance to recharge my creative batteries, strolling the urine-soaked streets of the greatest (and possibly the most urine-soaked) city on Earth.
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Mike Ball
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Winner of the 2003 Erma Bombeck Award
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