the end of our tour of duty (free)
Right, lets begin with a question, as we bring this blog to a close. Why do people (not all people, but many people) wish you a 'safe flight' - is there some implication that flying is dangerous and this will exonerate the conscience if we do all go down in a ball of flames? And why is the same level of concern rarely used on the outbound leg of a journey, where it is always, have a great trip etc Statistically if there is a danger, its just as dangerous. And then we know other forms of transport are much more dangerous, we do get the occasional safe travels/journey, but its again, more likely to be have a good trip. Answers on a postcard please, is there a correlation between this term and a fear of flying/technology? Onto more important matters, but still safety related. We survived 3 nights in not the best of neighbourhoods without any injury to our person or property, which statistically was far more likely than anything flight related. A few I think have pi...
