Fun fact: Everyone is (justifiably) terrified of a helicopter's main rotor, yet it's the tail rotor that actually claims the most lives. Nobody thinks about it as being deadly, it's not very easy to see, and it's low enough that you can walk straight into it while crouching away from the main rotor.
I took a helicopter flight to Annapurna base camp a few months ago. This woman sitting in front next to the pilot kept trying to take selfies and blocking his view while he was circling to land, forcing him to abort a few times and try again. He asked her a few times to stop and she just ignored him, leaning her whole body in front of the window. Finally he screamed into her face PUT YOUR FUCKING PHONE AWAY and she acted completely taken aback and finally put it away. She and her husband were late to the pickup and missed their flight back.
werehippy on October 14th, 2018 at 00:36 UTC »
Huh, I never realized "What the hell is wrong with you?" had an expression before.
PocketSizedRS on October 14th, 2018 at 02:39 UTC »
Fun fact: Everyone is (justifiably) terrified of a helicopter's main rotor, yet it's the tail rotor that actually claims the most lives. Nobody thinks about it as being deadly, it's not very easy to see, and it's low enough that you can walk straight into it while crouching away from the main rotor.
honbadger on October 14th, 2018 at 03:29 UTC »
I took a helicopter flight to Annapurna base camp a few months ago. This woman sitting in front next to the pilot kept trying to take selfies and blocking his view while he was circling to land, forcing him to abort a few times and try again. He asked her a few times to stop and she just ignored him, leaning her whole body in front of the window. Finally he screamed into her face PUT YOUR FUCKING PHONE AWAY and she acted completely taken aback and finally put it away. She and her husband were late to the pickup and missed their flight back.