Standing room, only
An article posted on the “Wait, you’re joking, right?” channel today: an airline is contemplating the removal of seating from its passenger planes. Translates into “standing room only”, except when things go wrong. Upside down. Sideways in a slide. Perhaps the flight conditions in their world have managed to eradicate turbulence. I checked, and the article is multi-sourced, which means that Air Canada has the idea on their corporate radar by now.
The number of motorcycles passing by here on the way to the Point is up; another symptom of summer. At least there’s a return path that doesn’t go by here, for the discerning rider with a roadmap. Eventually, someone will hit a rabbit that missed the safety memo, and then there’ll be attention paid to the inherent danger of rolling fast on a road to nowhere.
Out my window, at last, a tall ship under canvas. The Europa. Not every mast, but better than the “lost in the mists” I’ve had to accept until now. When asked if I happened to see the scenic sail past, I’ll be able to answer in the affirmative. And who know? Maybe there’ll be more as the captains quit Charlottetown for other ports.
Timing is everything. I decided to check my AIS feed, and there are three more ships due to sail eastward in the next hour. Probably not close enough to get photographic evidence, but I’ll carry the visuals to the end of my days. Life like it used to be, back before steam changed the game.
And there they are; not close, but visible. The Oosterschelde, the Gulden Leeuw and the BAP Union.
