[BIGLOOK]

Good story, Uncle Miltie.

Whenever I travel home from the mainland, I make a point of eyeballing the passengers in the gate area to spot military in transit to Schofield, K Bay or Pearl and strike up a conversation while we're waiting. I also scan the crowd for the weird but unlike flights in the mainland, not a lot come over here.

It's good to know where these young soldiers and Marines are seated on the plane and keep some contact with them. Makes the flight more comfortable.

Long ago, I suggested that military vets and LEOs be recognized at ticketing by the major airlines as informal backup security on flights, given arranged seating distributed through the sections and just maybe given a token of appreciation for flying their airlines, increasing the security. Never gonna happen.....but WTH. I've been asked by flight attendants if I'd had flight experience and if I would change and move to the seat next to the Emergency Exit or the front nearest the access hatch...so something's going on in the flight crews' agenda already.

[Grampa Dave]

“I’ve been asked by flight attendants if I’d had flight experience and if I would change and move to the seat next to the Emergency Exit or the front nearest the access hatch...so something’s going on in the flight crews’ agenda already.”

The smart flight crews size up their passengers and often place the good risks on the aisle seats or by the doors.

One of our younger relatives just flew up to the State of Washington with 5 other construction type guy for some goose hunting. He is the smallest at 6’ 210#. The attendants divided them up into pairs and put them catecorner from each other in the aisle seats and about 4 rows between the next pair. There were some military guys scattered up and down the aisles.