Throughout the years of my musings with this magazine, I have espoused the attribute of mundane in regard to a safe and successful airline trip; the simulator is reserved as the venue for the exact opposite. None of my colleagues would wish for an inflight malady just to quell the monotony, but there are moments when we yearn for an elevated adrenalin flow accompanied by a higher frequency of electrical firing to our brain synapses. Most times, the moment is simply the act of landing or taking off in the airplane. Occasionally, we deviate from the mundane. We did just that on one particular flight.
Jumpseat: Monotony Interrupted