[Discussion] Take Care of Us, Captain

Jan 13, 2012 04:37 am

This will give you a general idea, basically the plane is escorted to the gate by all the emergency vehicles, a great show is put on, water gushing everywhere... all the pilots of planes within eyesight tell passengers what is going on (my father happened to be on a plane adjacent to a retirement flight recently which is how I learned about this) and there is much fanfare. Sounds like loads of fun to me!

Jeaniessi

Jan 13, 2012 04:44 am

Hangebokhan wrote: Ooooh, I see where they went with that. to revise point four:

since you tie off the umbilical cord fairly quickly, it does not matter. How else did babies survive way back when? It used to be that umbilical cords were gnawed off... somehow I don't think dirty scissors are all that dangerous...

I can speak to this. I had a natural birth and when you cut the cord there is still residual nutrient blood pumping to the baby through the cord before you tie it off or clamp closer to the naval. If you can't clamp and cut with a dirty scissors there is a danger of that bacteria going to the baby through the major cord arteries so it is best to use sterilized scissors. If you can clamp it's safer. But having said that; we do live in modern age where there are antibiotics in case of emergencies. ....that wouldn't happen on planes because 7, 8 and 9 months preggers women can't fly!! LOL!

I loved your post Han-chan. Informative and yet hilarious! I still don't think I'll watch this. It's just not grabbing me!

Hangebokhan

Jan 13, 2012 04:52 am

Point six- I have been on flights before where the power flickers during preflight. People take it as a matter of course, also, the pilot (as far as I am aware) cannot turn off emergency power which, when the plane is occupied and being readied for flight, is active and keeps some lights on for evac. Please correct me on this, but I think it takes more than a single button to shut off ALL the plane's power.

Jeaniessi

Jan 13, 2012 04:54 am

Was watching this driving you crazy? That seems like a lot of stuff they got wrong!

Hangebokhan

Jan 13, 2012 04:55 am

Jeaniessi wrote: I can speak to this. I had a natural birth and when you cut the cord there is still residual nutrient blood pumping to the baby through the cord before you tie it off or clamp closer to the naval. If you can't clamp and cut with a dirty scissors there is a danger of that bacteria going to the baby through the major cord arteries so it is best to use sterilized scissors. If you can clamp it's safer. But having said that; we do live in modern age where there are antibiotics in case of emergencies. ....that wouldn't happen on planes because 7, 8 and 9 months preggers women can't fly!! LOL!

I loved your post Han-chan. Informative and yet hilarious! I still don't think I'll watch this. It's just not grabbing me!

Glad it was informative.

Point seven- Since you clarified that (hay, never given birth, I only know anecdotal stuff about it!) I don't think dirty scissors would give you an infection so severe that seven years later you were STILL hospitalized unless there were major complications. If you are still sick seven years later, I think there was more wrong than dirty scissors.

Hangebokhan

Jan 13, 2012 04:55 am

Jeaniessi wrote: Was watching this driving you crazy? That seems like a lot of stuff they got wrong!

And how! I am not even DONE yet!

Jeaniessi

Jan 13, 2012 04:57 am

Hangebokhan wrote: Glad it was informative.

Point seven- Since you clarified that (hay, never given birth, I only know anecdotal stuff about it!) I don't think dirty scissors would give you an infection so severe that seven years later you were STILL hospitalized unless there were major complications. If you are still sick seven years later, I think there was more wrong than dirty scissors.

oh my goose! Seriously? That's the plot point? LMFAO! not watching this.

Hangebokhan

Jan 13, 2012 05:02 am

Jeaniessi wrote: oh my goose! Seriously? That's the plot point? LMFAO! not watching this.

I don't know yet, but it seems to be a point, though as of this time, not central.

I think though, that the same reason I am driving scads of over sized 18-wheelers through this show is also why doctors don't watch medical dramas. Also, my (other) uncle does not watch them because he is an ER doc (most if not all of them take place in an ER) and TV is for escapism, not for more of the same XD

Though, it is fun to watch them with him since he gets so pissed off at House and is correcting them at every turn and has teh illness guessed fairly soon....

Hangebokhan

Jan 13, 2012 05:03 am

Oh man, they photoshopped him into a picture with our current Prez, that made me giggle.

Hangebokhan

Jan 13, 2012 05:09 am

Oh, come ON! ALL active airports as big as Incheon have more than one bloody runway. You need them in different directions for the wind, and if not that, you usually have at least two for efficacy's sake! You could delay a non-emergency flight and let them land in a strip NOT occupied by a disabled plane...

Hangebokhan

Jan 13, 2012 05:23 am

Ok, if I could read an airport diagram, I could explain this better... but to give you an idea how asinine this stuff is, ATL (admittedly a hub and therefore very busy) has six runways. Also, one spilt drink is NOT going to shut down the tower. Good job show, you are managing to kill any faith I had in Korea...

Hangebokhan

Jan 13, 2012 05:31 am

The show got ONE thing right. Pilots are the image of the airline, they can't be anything but perfect in public while in uniform. Why? That image of perfection is what gives passengers confidence and trust in them. My assessment so far is that this show FAILS. But... it is like watching a train wreck... I have to keep watching, at least for now... maybe it will get better?

Skye-N-Rain VIPAdmin

Jan 13, 2012 05:39 am

Hangebokhan wrote: The show got ONE thing right.

Pilots are the image of the airline, they can't be anything but perfect in public while in uniform. Why? That image of perfection is what gives passengers confidence and trust in them.

My assessment so far is that this show FAILS.

But... it is like watching a train wreck... I have to keep watching, at least for now... maybe it will get better?

Lol you know, dramas aren't supposed to be 100% realistic. If they were, they'd be boring.

Hangebokhan

Jan 13, 2012 05:48 am

Skye-N-Rain wrote: Lol you know, dramas aren't supposed to be 100% realistic. If they were, they'd be boring.

I know, I know. I hope that they only try to get technical in that first episode. That is why I am on episode two. I am hoping they will focus less on the flying and more on the drama...