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This became even clearer when Delta made the mistake of letting me work the p.a. system. The airplane p.a., it always seemed from my passenger seat, where I fought the urge to grab it, is the most powerful broadcasting tool in the world. You can interrupt 200 people's entertainment just to announce your thoughts. As soon as I got on it, I made a long speech about my goals as a one-day flight attendant and how we got a 2% commission for selling the Rande Gerber--designed cocktails. I told them that though I hadn't tried Delta...
...plane hull, I now know how to ditch a plane too. People almost never survive a jumbo-jet water landing, but if you didn't put 55 swimsuited future flight attendants in a pool, you would have no chance of pitching a reality show, which I assume must be Delta's long-term business plan...
Right before I was about to work my flight, Delta claimed that regulations prevented me from donning the Richard Tyler--designed Delta uniform. I figured a guy in jeans telling them to bring their seat backs forward would be confusing to passengers, but as soon as I started greeting people, I learned that airline passengers are not in the mood to pay attention to anything. Your flight attendant could wear a burqa, and you wouldn't notice so long as she made your little TV set work...
...fighter pilot, the lanky McPeak can be outspoken ("I can't keep my mouth shut," he told TIME earlier this week when asked about his support for Obama). He was a controversial chief of staff, ordering a new uniform that was derided for making Air Force personnel look like Delta pilots - which was promptly dropped when he retired...
...area is in trouble because its water is piped in from the beleaguered Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. Last August, a Federal court set limits on pumping from the Delta, in an attempt to help endangered smelt fish. In a further measure to protect smelt, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced just last week it would cut San Joaquin Valley farm water supplies to 40% of the contracted amount. Many of the farmers in the region have been allotted only one sixth of the water supply they need to sustain their crops through the crucial summer months. "This...