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I love plane stuff and sub on YouTube to a few channels that cover exciting ATC and the like. The mainstream is picking up more on it. It seems like there are more major maintenance issues than previously but the mainstream is definitely reporting on it more.

There have always been engine issues, hydraulic issues, bird strikes, bad weather, etc. But wheels and panels flying off are definitely new.

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Hopefully the media coverage makes them correct course quickly. We need safe air travel.

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Yeah. I don't have my hopes high, though. I love planes and flying but no longer do because I will not go through the security theater.

They are trying discourage people from flying. Trap us more and more. I hate it but I will not take off my shoes and be scanned by something they won't tell me if it stores the pictures, for how long, and how much radiation it exposes me to. I had to fly 8 or so years ago and hadn't flown before Sept 11 before that. I couldn't believe the bullshit.

I refused to go through the scanner and was lucky that it was stupid early in the morning and ended up chatting with the TSA old dude who ended up walking me to the gate talking about all the bullshit. We watched some brown dude with no ID be walked through security with just a sheet of paper. He said it was normal. Illegals just get walked through while people like me get harassed. He was going to retire in 2 years so he was totally up for chit chat.

As a kid, I flew on hundreds of flights with my younger brother. We started flying on our own when I was 10 and he was 6 with layovers. No issues. We were good kids and ended up getting a lot of attention from flight attendant because we were so used to it and well behaved. We were taken up to talk to the pilots during the flights frequently and given pins with wings and all kinds of little trinkets.

Last time I flew there were adults acting like children, screaming and throwing fits. Flight attendants cussing at each other. Half naked people in the airport and on the flights. I was shocked.

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Sounds about right, air travel keeps getting worse.