A San Diego & Orange County California Airplane Accident Lawyer’s Humorous View of Possible Future Laws to Prevent Aircraft Accidents

Posted by Law Article on July 16th, 2009 at 02:52am

If you’ve had an airplane or aviation accident anywhere in California, from San Diego to Orange County, or from Santa Barbara to Palm Springs, or at any other Southern California airport including Carlsbad, Chico, Imperial, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Ontario, San Luis Obispo, Santa Ana, Santa Maria, Palmdale, Camarillo, Chino, Compton, El Monte, Hawthorne, La Verne, Ramona, Riverside, San Bernardino, Torrance, Upland, Van Nuys, Burbank, Apple Valley, Banning, Big Bear, Borrego Springs, Calexico, Corona, Lompoc, Murrieta, Temecula, Oceanside, Paso Robles, Redlands, Santa Ynez, Twentynine Palms, Hesperia, Joshua Tree, or Yucca Valley, you’ve probably been wondering if the California state legislators are working on any new Bills to try to prevent airplane accidents or if the cut backs on food and drinks on flights means that safety might also suffer.

I had heard that the state’s legislators were rushing to pass laws to prevent airplane accidents, so I called one of my state Senators to learn how this would affect pilots in California and personal injury victims. What I learned may just keep me on the ground in the future.

“I would guess that the rule against using cell phones won’t apply to pilots, right?” I asked.

“Actually, it will,” the Senator said. “We still think it can mess up the navigational equipment. Radio transmissions will still be allowed.”

“What are you thinking about prohibiting?” I asked.

“Can you keep a secret,” the Senator asked.

“Sure,” I said.

“Well we’ve heard some pilots used to like to drink a little something on long flights,” the Senator said.

“You’re not saying what I think you’re saying, are you?” I asked.

“Yup,” the Senator answered. “No more beach parties in the cockpits. The rule against drinking margaritas will be strictly enforced from now on.”

“That’s good,” I said sarcastically. “I hate it when the pilot of my plane starts singing on the intercom.”

“What else are you thinking about prohibiting?” I asked.

“No more gambling, and no more card games of any kind.”

“They play card games up there?” I asked.

“They play all kinds of games,” the Senator said. “Poker, video games…we’re making a list that will be all inclusive, we hope.”

“So what else are you considering outlawing?” I asked.

“Well, you’d probably be surprised what pilots do now that they have all that food to themselves,” the Senator said.

“You mean the food they used to serve passengers?” I asked.

“That’s right,” the Senator said. “Turns out they’ve been having food fights up there and using the peanuts as poker chips.”

“Sounds like the fun is over” I said.

“We’re not prohibiting everything,” the Senator said. “But there will be no more spying on the passengers unless it’s for security reasons.”

“What do you mean spying?” I asked.

“Are you sure you can keep a secret?” the Senator asked.

“Positive,” I said with my fingers crossed behind my back.

“Well, you know those little air vents that you adjust to blow air on your seat?”

“Sure,” I answered.

“Lets just say that airplanes vents would do more good if they didn’t have little cameras in them.”

“You mean that each of those little vents are really cameras?” I asked. “I always wondered why they worked so poorly.”

“You didn’t hear that from me,” the Senator said.

“Aren’t you afraid of making the pilots bored if you take away their little spy tools?”

“Maybe they’ll have to put on some better in flight movies,” the Senator said.

“Just don’t let the pilots have a screen to watch them,” I said.

“Good point,” the Senator replied, and made a note to himself.

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