A car ride from Lubbock to Houston is actually closer to 17 hours round trip. Just so you know.
[QUOTE=Contag;32762477]What was her job?
And also do Americans seriously fly places they can drive within two hours?[/QUOTE]not usually, for me it has to be at least five hundred miles for me to consider a plane because they're so expensive.
Ganerumo, PTSD is a serious medical condition and is going to affect her entire life, she was told she was going on a 20 minute flight, the plane companies decided to take off in tornado conditions and somebody got hurt.
That's beside the point, though. Your whole "It's shocking, but it's not traumatizing to the point of scarring you to life. It would be if she actually SAW someone die." is completely stupid. [b]She got PTSD from the flight.[/b] It doesn't matter that it wasn't shocking in your opinion, or that you think she's overreacting, [b]she got PTSD[/b]. This isn't an opinion, [b]she now has PTSD[/b].
[QUOTE=ButtsexV3;32763517]not usually, for me it has to be at least five hundred miles for me to consider a plane because they're so expensive.[/QUOTE]unless of course the company is paying for it in which case I'll take a 30 second flight without remorse
Came in expecting a drama queen, I was surprised. She does have the right to sue because NOBODY in their right mind would look at tornado producing weather and say "this is a fine day to fly." I hope someone can help her with the PTSD.
I am hesitant to believe her.
If she is going to sue, she should get a second doctors opinion when it comes to something like PTSD.
If she really was traumatized by this experience and suffers from PTSD, the airline should be responsible to pay for her medical treatment and time she misses from her current work because of it, as the plane should not have been in the air.
The part I have a problem with is
[quote]O'Neal said she has not been able to fly since, which she believes has damaged her job prospects and future earnings potential.[/quote]
I hope she doesn't end up suing for hundreds of thousands of dollars. If so, I have less sympathy for her. It is one thing to sue for lost revenue, but potential lost revenue is where it gets sketchy.
Ugh, more suing.
[QUOTE=MisterMooth;32762625]what does this have to do with anything[/QUOTE]
Contag finding going to the airport and going through security for like, an hour difference to driving.
so in other words, nothing.
[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;32764698]Ugh, more suing.[/QUOTE]
theres a valid reason this time.
[b]EDIT:[/B]
Faze, how are you still disagreeing, the woman got PTSD from a flight that was supposed to take 20 minutes, but took 2 hours. How do you not see that as a valid reason to sue.
[QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;32761704]you dont need to be a pilot to know you shouldn't be flying under a tornado watch.[/QUOTE]
yeah
tornadoes are kind of a 'bad thing' for anything in the air, or ground.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;32762680]It's shocking, but it's not traumatizing to the point of scarring you to life. It would be if she actually SAW someone die.
I almost got ran over by cars a lot of time, almost drowned in a pool and have been in a plane that almost crashed. Yes, I was scared shitless and yet I didn't develop any PTSD.
Plus all the times I got beat up in high school and middle school which could have ended badly because kids can't control their strength and almost killed me a few times because I got hit in the chest while having a poor breathe.[/QUOTE]
Did they hit you because you couldn't read worth shit and pronounced their name 'Fuck' instead of 'Chuck' or some shit?
Well,it's not exactly the company's fault,no one could have expected that she's going to get a trauma over any of it.
[QUOTE=znk666;32765430]Well,it's not exactly the company's fault,no one could have expected that she's going to get a trauma over any of it.[/QUOTE]but they should have known not to fly a commercial jet into a tornado
[editline]13th October 2011[/editline]
seriously I've had flights delayed over cold fronts, a tornado is some serious shit to fly in to
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;32762680]It's shocking, but it's not traumatizing to the point of scarring you to life. It would be if she actually SAW someone die.
I almost got ran over by cars a lot of time, almost drowned in a pool and have been in a plane that almost crashed. Yes, I was scared shitless and yet I didn't develop any PTSD.
Plus all the times I got beat up in high school and middle school which could have ended badly because kids can't control their strength and almost killed me a few times because I got hit in the chest while having a poor breathe.[/QUOTE]
[b]NOT EVERYONE IS STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN[/b]
I can't stress this enough, many people out there simply aren't built mentally for this kind of situation, that many people being the general public. Hell, if I was on that plane I'd probably sue too.
But now I see you've dropped that point and are somehow rambling to defend your honour in a very incoherent way.
The pilot should really not have taken off in that kind of weather but you can't really blame them or the airline, weather is quite difficult to predict even with weather radar.
Also this was a 757-200 not some light aircraft.
Anyone who is arguing against the validity of this is an idiot.
wow, airlines failure to comply with bad weather
[quote]the aircraft repeatedly rose and fell "as if it had lost power and was falling out of the sky," [/quote]
I wish there was more information released, as that and the weather report isn't exactly much to go on.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;32762680]
I almost got ran over by cars a lot of time, almost drowned in a pool and have been in a plane that almost crashed. and almost killed me[/QUOTE]
Probably because you are dumber than a rock.
You're being an idiot and don't understand PTSD can actually hurt a shit load and hurt life.
Think of this. A girl can have a bad break-up and become super duper depressed that she hurts herself. But what about the boy? Maybe the boy doesn't give a shit and lives life. It can dramatically affect different people, or not even affect some. You are being stupid to this fact. This plane thing made her think she was going to die. Being near death is enough to traumatize you, and you are being a retarded fuck who cannot understand that. She was hurt mentally and it has affected her life. Just because you don't, doesn't mean she or others does not.
If you do not understand this, there is no hope for you.
She is such a sissy. Even if the plane did crash, which would be extremely unlikely, it wouldn't be a very
dangerous type of crash, since unlike an engine/wing faliure which could cause a plane to plummet from a high altitude without warning, killing half the people, a crash from turbulence would be quite soft, as the pilots would have been able to slow the plane down a lot, and so it would only take a minor beating and most likely not catch fire/explode, meaning most likely no deaths.
The captain could have called off the flight.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;32762680]It's shocking, but it's not traumatizing to the point of scarring you to life. It would be if she actually SAW someone die.
I almost got ran over by cars a lot of time, almost drowned in a pool and have been in a plane that almost crashed. Yes, I was scared shitless and yet I didn't develop any PTSD.
Plus all the times I got beat up in high school and middle school which could have ended badly because kids can't control their strength and almost killed me a few times because I got hit in the chest while having a poor breathe.[/QUOTE]
My uncle has PTSD, and the fact you just think it's some minor little pushover condition is quite frankly offencive. I'd like to see you get PTSD from being yelled at by Facepunch and see if you still think the same.
ITT: Nerds who think they wouldn't be scared in a life threatening situation.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;32762680]It's shocking, but it's not traumatizing to the point of scarring you to life. It would be if she actually SAW someone die.
I almost got ran over by cars a lot of time, almost drowned in a pool and have been in a plane that almost crashed. Yes, I was scared shitless and yet I didn't develop any PTSD.
Plus all the times I got beat up in high school and middle school which could have ended badly because kids can't control their strength and almost killed me a few times because I got hit in the chest while having a poor breathe.[/QUOTE]
Internet Tough Guy!
[QUOTE=Eluveitie;32773406]Internet Tough Guy![/QUOTE]
He's French
he's secretly surrendering the argument behind his monitor
[QUOTE=Riodoku;32763233]A car ride from Lubbock to Houston is actually closer to 17 hours round trip. Just so you know.[/QUOTE]
She was flying from College Station. Which is like a 2 hour drive tops with traffic.
[editline]13th October 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Chryseus;32766009]The pilot should really not have taken off in that kind of weather but you can't really blame them or the airline, weather is quite difficult to predict even with weather radar.
Also this was a 757-200 not some light aircraft.[/QUOTE]
Where does it say it was a 757? I've flown "Express" jets from Houston to Minneapolis, I doubt Continental would waste a 757 which is designed for long haul flights to Hawaii and other vast distances on a place that's ~100 miles away.
hahahaha bookmarked this thread so everytime i get sad i can look at this guy's stupid posts and cheer up my day
the greatest part about all of this is all of those "ridiculous" lawsuits you hear about actually have legitimate reasoning and often are spun so horrendously by the media
ie the woman who spilled coffee on herself and sued for "3 MILLION DOLLARS!!" actually just asked for about 20k from McDonalds to cover her medical bills after they had received numerous complaints and [I]previous lawsuits[/I] about the temperature of their coffee. and it also caused 3rd degree burns within 6 seconds of being on her genitals, yeah. she also didn't even get the money lmfao
good to see that a news source is actually covering it fairly
how the fuck did they not check the weather
[QUOTE=XazoTak;32771687]She is such a sissy. Even if the plane did crash, which would be extremely unlikely, it wouldn't be a very
dangerous type of crash, since unlike an engine/wing faliure which could cause a plane to plummet from a high altitude without warning, killing half the people, a crash from turbulence would be quite soft, as the pilots would have been able to slow the plane down a lot, and so it would only take a minor beating and most likely not catch fire/explode, meaning most likely no deaths.[/QUOTE]
PTSD is PTSD, it doesn't matter if she's a "sissy". I question her motives for suing, but I also see people as generally greedy. There's no doubt she has grounds to sue though.
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