Heather, since we heard from a third party I think that we can assume that it unbiased. Unless you think that a passenger would by default be biased towards "his own". Unless you think that someone would by default be biased towards "their own".

So if an FA asks me to kill someone and if I don't I will be put in the FAA corner with a dunce-cap? I don't think I, or any other passenger should be held to follow instructions which are not reasonable for the situation and only when given by someone who is in a proper state of mind. Do I open a fire-escape window if the FA says so but I can see fire immediately outside? Do I lips-sync "My Heart Will Go On", dancing the maccarena with my pants around my ankles rather than risk the FAA sanctions?

What crew duties were interfered with? Was the passenger blocking the isle? Was the passenger ordered to open his seat tray? (what do you have with always opening in the tray in the first place?)

Honestly, I would not think it unreasonable for the passengers to have revolted and asked that the FA in question be 'excused' so she can go sit in time-out or use the crew rest area (if the equipment is so equipped.)

It's not like he was asking her, according to the report, to make a cranberry-orange-juice-mimosa.

Heather, perhaps you can shed some light on the "note from the captain". Does this sort of thing happen? Does the flight crew have access to some-sort of internal system for reporting / black-balling of passengers. Certainly with the passenger manifest, she would be able to specifically identify the passenger. If such a system exists it would be possible for her or byt the action of "the captain" to put a black mark on this customer, through no fault of his own? Sort of like false arrest or even false accusation.

Personally I liked the
event. There was
nothing wrong with it
including all the
subtle jokes.

I am still an SD flunky, but shouldn't that graphic read 1080 lines of HORIZONTAL resolution? or do I have to figure out some other new format, like 1080 X 608?

I am thinking more Mosport, since they run ALMS and other 'top-tier' series. Montreal might get it, if only to ensure that there are 2 races at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Tremblant would be great, but I don`t think the facilities are up to the task. Road access is poor, facilities (bathrooms) are poor. But it is a fantastic track and if you have a chance to go an see a weekend of vintage or Ferrari racing it is more than worth it.

The City of Montreal will only allow 2 races at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Previously the track was exclusively reserved for F1. Now that The Circus has skipped a year and is looking to skip another year, the race-organizers may be looking for a race just to act as a place holder, to ensure that they don't loose the second weekend of racing. I, for one would go see and FIA GT rather than watching a snore-fest NASCAR race. (The last NASCAR race was won at an average of 55 MPH / 88 KPH!)

I like how they didn't even bother to paint the bumpers. This way when they want to (re)sell them cars as 'new' cars all they will have to change is the bumpers.

This will just work out great! 200-400 people rushing to the closest loo is certainly not going to cause delays in getting passengers on board, creating pushback delays and then getting further delayed down the taxiway.

Add to that the environmental impact from people going to the washroom an extra time, as opposed to just holding it in. Think of all the gallons of water, forests of trees and all the chemicals in the soap being wasted. Then again, ANA might be able to stock their lav with 3 sheets less toilet paper because less people will use the loo.

This is green-washing at it's worse.

Prospective buyers might want to read the following, to get an idea what a lemon this car might be....

http://www.casanovacars.com/mercedes_benz/car_dealer_sues_mercedes_as_17_million_clkgtr_wont_travel_10_blocks.php

I don't think it's available on Starchoice / Shaw Digital.

Couldn't you out put from an HD receiver to an SD TV?

Does this mean that they will crash test one (or a few) to test for road-worthiness?