Comments on: International eavesdropping http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/ Japan... A whole lot more than raw fish Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:48:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Japundit » Christopher Hill on the Plane! http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/comment-page-1/#comment-367568 Japundit » Christopher Hill on the Plane! Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:00:33 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/#comment-367568 [...] Airlines has done away with their JFK to Narita direct flight, which means that this time I ended up on a plane from Washington DC. But this new flight path turned out to be fortuitous, as [...] [...] Airlines has done away with their JFK to Narita direct flight, which means that this time I ended up on a plane from Washington DC. But this new flight path turned out to be fortuitous, as [...]

]]> By: jfwlucy http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/comment-page-1/#comment-359344 jfwlucy Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:30:05 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/#comment-359344 Dag! I only fly Southwest. I have to do some research on the right frequencies to see if I can listen to them some other way. Then I have to get a gigantic radio through security. "Oh, sure, it's uh, just a radio, yeah . . . that's it . . ." Dag! I only fly Southwest. I have to do some research on the right frequencies to see if I can listen to them some other way. Then I have to get a gigantic radio through security. “Oh, sure, it’s uh, just a radio, yeah . . . that’s it . . .”

]]> By: cloneofsnake http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/comment-page-1/#comment-358872 cloneofsnake Fri, 16 Mar 2007 17:36:57 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/#comment-358872 <em>“We’re not going to make it. We’re going to the beach.”</em> That's what I would like to say to my boss... :razz: “We’re not going to make it. We’re going to the beach.”

That’s what I would like to say to my boss… :razz:

]]> By: Marie Mockett http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/comment-page-1/#comment-358838 Marie Mockett Fri, 16 Mar 2007 16:08:03 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/#comment-358838 Hey there -- it really is entertaining. Or at least it is for me. I think United is the only airline to do this and they usually use channel 9. The last time I flew I didn't hear the audio, so I mentioned this to the stewardess who immediately phoned the pilot and, voila, the sound came on. I don't think other airlines do this, though. I also remember once time listening when I was in college. I was taking off from our little airport in California and I heard another plane say to air traffic control "We're not going to make it. We're going to the beach." I thought I must have misheard, but relayed the story to my parents. They, also, assumed that I was being over-dramatic. But the next day, our local paper carried a story about an experimental aircraft that was forced to land (safely) on the beach. Hey there — it really is entertaining. Or at least it is for me. I think United is the only airline to do this and they usually use channel 9. The last time I flew I didn’t hear the audio, so I mentioned this to the stewardess who immediately phoned the pilot and, voila, the sound came on. I don’t think other airlines do this, though.

I also remember once time listening when I was in college. I was taking off from our little airport in California and I heard another plane say to air traffic control “We’re not going to make it. We’re going to the beach.” I thought I must have misheard, but relayed the story to my parents. They, also, assumed that I was being over-dramatic. But the next day, our local paper carried a story about an experimental aircraft that was forced to land (safely) on the beach.

]]> By: jfwlucy http://blog.japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/comment-page-1/#comment-358834 jfwlucy Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:59:45 +0000 http://japundit.com/archives/2007/03/16/5352/#comment-358834 Ha! I remember a student I had once when I was teaching English in Japan -- very nice, young, but nervous fellow -- skinny as a whip and dying for a cigarette the whole class. He was an air traffic controller and wanted to get a better handle on what the pilots were telling him. "Because if I make mistake, many people DIE!" he said, yellow-stained hands a-tremble. Marie, how do you listen to all this -- regular AM radio? What frequency? It sounds more entertaining than an inflight magazine. Ha! I remember a student I had once when I was teaching English in Japan — very nice, young, but nervous fellow — skinny as a whip and dying for a cigarette the whole class. He was an air traffic controller and wanted to get a better handle on what the pilots were telling him. “Because if I make mistake, many people DIE!” he said, yellow-stained hands a-tremble.

Marie, how do you listen to all this — regular AM radio? What frequency? It sounds more entertaining than an inflight magazine.

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