re: Couple Kicked Off Plane for Ignoring In-Flight Safety Briefing

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Smarter than the dipshit buying a 40 in front of me at Foodarama with his pants at his thighs, while talking to his baby mamma on his cell with one hand in his pocket getting change and his pants falling further down?

YES, absolutely.

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That same guy could buy a spirit ticket. Or even basic economy on american or Delta.

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That same guy could buy a spirit ticket. Or even basic economy on american or Delta.

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That is pure speculation. As is my comparison. But I say mine holds up better than yours.

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That is pure speculation. As is my comparison. But I say mine holds up better than yours.

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You've clearly never flown spirit.

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You've clearly never flown spirit.

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I did. And yea, I hear you. But I have also been to Food Town, Foodarama, Dollar Tree, Fiesta and Family Dollar...

If my life depended on it, I'll take the person who booked a ticket, paid for it, packed, made it through TSA... over the average citizen.

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my life depended on it, I'll take the person who booked a ticket, paid for it, packed, made it through TSA... over the average citizen.

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You have a very low threshold of what intelligence is

It means nonsense, which the entirety of your argument has been based on

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It means nonsense, which the entirety of your argument has been based on

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Actually, you have a poor understanding of statistics, populations, etc.

In fact, you based an entire argument on persons who can afford SWA low fares, as if that was some sort of indicator of EVERY passenger in an exit row.

Those who bought a low fare on SWA (or Spirit) are a tiny fraction of airline passengers. And I suppose an argument could be made that perhaps they are dumber than the average person.

But that means your argument is based on shite.

85% of American adults have flown on a plane. I'd pick something a little more discerning for life dependency.

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85% of American adults have flown on a plane. I'd pick something a little more discerning for life dependency.

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See, now THAT was a good point. Thanks for a smart counter-argument.

All in all though, the lot of y'all have glossed over my FULL point to focus in on about six words. So I shall re-state it:



If you were asking me about the average person in front of me or behind me in line at the grocery store, you'd have a better point.

However, there is a small "uptick" in intellect (again, I said small) for airline passengers. And a larger uptick in intellect (likely, at least) for those who skillfully navigate their way to an exit row.

So yes, I think the average person in an exit row would do a decent job, IF they paid attention to, AND remembered the instructions given. I'd break it down as such:
20% would do an exemplary job
45% would do a decent to good job
35% would suck and/or contribute to fiery deaths of passengers

Also, it is worth noting that in SOME incidents, the crew would have time to RE-BRIEF the exit row folks of what was impending, and at that point, I'd put have far more confidence in their actions.

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See, now THAT was a good point. Thanks for a smart counter-argument.

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That's the only kind I have.