from Moonbattery:
As the airline industry collapses into dysfunction under the weight of end stage moonbattery, flying is getting increasingly harrowing:
A New York-bound Virgin Atlantic flight was canceled just moments before takeoff last week when an alarmed passenger said he spotted several screws missing from the plane’s wing.
British traveler Phil Hardy, 41, was onboard Flight VS127 at Manchester Airport in the UK on Jan. 15 when he noticed the four missing fasteners during a safety briefing for passengers and decided to alert the cabin crew.
At first they attempted some ad hoc repairs. But passengers were watching:
TRUTH LIVES on at https://sgtreport.tv/
🇺🇸 #IDontWantToOverreactBUT
A New York-bound Virgin Atlantic flight was canceled just moments before takeoff when an alarmed passenger said he spotted several screws missing from the plane’s wing 😱!!! pic.twitter.com/9C9UVq4GzC— Total Randomness (@totalrondom) January 22, 2024
If Hardy hadn’t raised a fuss, the flight might have found its way to the bottom of the Atlantic.
Hardy said airline staff repeatedly reassured him there was no safety issue with the wing, but his fear was heightened given the recent ordeal in which an Alaska Airlines plane lost its door plug and a chunk of its fuselage flew off mid-flight.
For context regarding Virgin Atlantic, these are actual ads for the airline:
Thanks, I’ll take the bus.
Leftism dictates that diversity/equity/inclusion must take precedence over keeping planes in the air. This shift in emphasis places the public at increasing risk.
From the liberal viewpoint, air travel becoming prohibitively hazardous is not a bug but a feature. Only members of the ruling class can fly without offending the atavistic weather gods they worship — and John Kerry types take private jets.
