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May 21, 2008

1554: SkyMallin' - "SkyRest"

I enjoy flying. In fact, I've always harbored an unfulfilled ambition to be a commercial airline pilot.

I attribute this in no small part to an experience I had as a child, when having to cross the tarmac of an airport in Georgia to board a "puddle jumper" flight which would bring us some distance closer to my grandmother's house, I looked up and saw a female pilot in the cockpit of a much larger plane. She saw me, smiled, and waved.

I have no fantasy of flying a jet at top speed; I do, however, feel kind of giddy at the thought of piloting a massive passenger plane -- and how great it would be to see those passengers' faces upon hearing my wee, girlie voice over the plane's intercom. I've been on many flights and never once had a female pilot -- at least not one that I was aware of having. Why is that? If I'd love to be one, there must be other girls who feel the same way. There's at least one -- I saw her myself.

One of my favorite things about flying -- although something I always seem to forget about -- is spending some quality time with SkyMall magazine. I'm assuming you're all aware of SkyMall -- surely every airline must have some version of that freebie catalog of amazingly useless crap left for passengers to enjoy. As soon as I buckle myself into my seat, I reach for SkyMall.

You think I'm kidding -- I'm not. What can make me forget how little legroom my seat affords me better than the unwitting comedy of SkyMall?

SkyMall actually wants to sell you this...

"This person is able to sleep comfortably in any seat." Oh, can he? Even while being laughed at by virtually every other person on the aircraft? Amazing! Could you imagine being trapped in the window seat with this @$$7*%# in the middle seat, drooling onto his massive SkyRest pillow? If you spent the flight punching him in the ribs, I really don't think anyone would blame you.

More SkyMall magic to come!

Posted by ashley at May 21, 2008 10:23 PM

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