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How's it going, everyone? Welcome back to the show. I am back. I am back. I am back.
Manny:I'm so glad to be back. I miss your emails. I miss reading your comments, your reviews, your suggestions, and I hope you miss me as much as I missed you guys. It's I've been gone for about 3 weeks. Right?
Manny:Last episode came out on May 13th, and I had all these grandiose plans of how to record and have everything set up so that I can just be automated from the time that I left so that you guys would continue, getting episodes regularly, but that didn't happen, man. The last week of work, oh my god, it was it kicked my butt. It was rough. It was bananas and, I was just like, you know what? I by the time I was zoned, I mean, I still probably had a couple days where I could could have done something, but I was so checked out.
Manny:I was like, no. I'm just gonna go home and get ready for for my vacation. That's another reason why I haven't done anything so far because I was on vacation, for, like, almost a week. So I didn't take much time. I just needed to go, get away from America for a little bit and just enjoy the world.
Manny:And I was well overdue. Last time I traveled was last year, last May, and we went to Italy. This time, we ended up in Sydney, Australia. So, this episode is is required recorded it for on location at the steps of the Sydney Opera House. It was really cool.
Manny:And what about that episode, so I'm trying to think yeah. So I didn't release anything on Monday, then another thing on Thursday. So I was a little bit behind because I took some time off and and I needed to kind of do that. But I wasn't even planning I'm doing an episode in Sydney. I was still kinda checked out, but something about the Sydney Opera House just kinda made me, you know what?
Manny:I wanna I wanna record an episode right here. And I thought it was pretty cool. That was a cheesy idea, but I thought it kind of it worked for me. So I'm like, let's do it. So I put something together really quick and, you know, while Jen was out there shopping and looking at other stuff of shopping for souvenirs, I was like getting some notes done and recording this episode and we just had I had a lot of fun.
Manny:But anyways, this episode, I talk about non rev, how we got to Australia and, the kind of the journey it took us to get there and I'll take a a read some reviews. So you guys have posted on Apple Podcast and also some, emails you guys sent in it. And at the tail end of the episode, I talk about the importance of having your seat belt fastened even when the seat belt fasten light is off. So super important and it was an incident recently that happened that kinda highlights the importance of having your seat belt fastened. And more of that stuff is gonna be also in the show notes.
Manny:Anyways, enough chit chatting. Let's get on with the show. From the Summerlin Studios in fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada, this is the Till Winds and Sunshine podcast.
Manny:You know,
Manny:I don't know if that's your intent and just kinda start the conversation from there, you know, because I found out that sometimes when you communicate that, the person was not even aware they were doing that, and they'll back off a little bit. Possible pilot deviation, I have a number for you. Adviser to 8 copy.
Daniel:Dude, this triple 7 has been really fun to fly. It's honestly just a bigger Embraer 175.
Manny:But the fact that
Manny:they were sitting on that runway knowing there was a
Manny:heavy coming their way, unacceptable.
Rachel:I'm from the central part, so I'm from a town. We have more cows than people where I come from. Very country.
Micah:The aches I have, I can go on. Number 1, when the jet bridge is pulled back and we're ready to push and you guys don't have your headsets on.
Patrick:Plan has to be perfect because you can't turn left. You can't turn right. The only way out of that, if the pilot gets into a bad spot or if there's something that's, like, happened at the airport that shuts down a runway, the only way out is up.
Manny:How's it going, fellow aviation enthusiasts? Welcome to the Tailwinds and Sunshine podcast. Greetings from Sydney, Australia. I'm coming to you from the steps of the Sydney Opera House. Thank you so much for spending some quality time with me today.
Manny:It's a beautiful autumn Saturday afternoon here in Sydney, Australia. It is Oh, good day. Unseasonably warm, actually. I feel like it is. There's a lot of people running out in shorts and stuff.
Manny:I think they expected everything to be a little bit warmer here but it's actually really nice. It's, it was a little clear the past couple of days, but today, we're actually it's a little bit cloudy, but it's still a really nice day here in Sydney. I thought it was special to record an episode of the show at the steps of this, Sydney Opera House because of the history and a type of, type of guest that have been hosted here and I thought it was kinda be funny to record an episode here. About the Sydney Opera House, I thought it was pretty interesting. So the design of the Sydney Opera House was created by a Danish architect named Jorn Utzon who won an international design competition in 1957.
Manny:Back in the fifties, Sydney was really trying to utilize his land to, kind of set up a cultural center of the types. And, they had a contest and a bunch of people submitted their designs and this, Danish architect won. And he came to design the Sydney Opera House and it, it's unfortunate because he eventually got kind of, like, pushed out of the project by the government. So he kinda was forced out. And unfortunately, he never managed to see the completion of the Sydney Opera House.
Manny:It was his son who actually later down in life, he actually came down. I think it was in 2020. Yeah. He came and, finished and, did some renovations here and, or helped make the renovations to the Sydney Opera House. But it was really interesting.
Manny:The construction took 14 years to complete from 1959 to 1973. It was originally estimated to take only 4 years. That's typical, government bureaucracy for you. Precast concrete segments segments weighing up to 15 tons each. The city opera house in 2007 was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site recognized for its architectural innovation and cultural significance.
Manny:The Opera House houses multiple performance venues, including the concert hall, the Joan Sutherland Theatre, drama theater, playhouse, and studio. The initial cost system, it was 7,000,000 Australian US dollars with the final, Australian dollars. I'm sorry. But the final cost was a 102,000,000 Australian dollars, most of which was funded by the state lottery. The exterior sales of the upper house are often illuminated with colorful projections during events and festivals such as a vivid, as vivid city, which actually is happening now, started yesterday, May 24th, and the Harbour.
Manny:It's really nice. And they put a lot of projections on there. And and I thought the actual the roof or the shells of the Sydney Opera House were actually smooth. But in reality, there are about a 1000000 ceramic tiles that actually, kind of the surface of the sails. And they actually it concert hall is renowned for its exceptional acoustics and is home to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Manny:So there are several venues within the opera house. They actually utilize the outdoors as well. Apparently, they actually use the women's bathroom as part of one of the venues, some time ago, I guess, some of some eclectic type stuff. But, but the, the Sydney Opera House likes to utilize most of its seawater
Manny:cooling system that reduces energy consumption. I'm gonna be here. I'm gonna be here. I'm gonna be here. I'm gonna be here.
Manny:I'm gonna be here. I'm gonna be here. I'm gonna be here. I'm gonna be here. I'm
Manny:gonna be here. A seawater cooling system that reduces energy consumption. And finally, I think the Sydney Opera House is one of the most photographed buildings in the world and is a symbol of Australia's creative and cultural heritage. And one thing that I kind of, I was like, you know what? I gotta do an episode here.
Manny:They apparently hosted a boxing match here at the Opera House one time in in a here at the Opera House one time and and apparently got out of hand. The referee, I think, punched 1 of the 1 of the spectators or something happened, and then and then it was a brawl broke out. So after that, they're like, yeah. We're not going to host any more boxing matches. So I'm like, hey, listen.
Manny:If the Sydney Opera House can host a boxing match, why not me? Right? Why not the Tailwind and Sunshine podcast? They are obviously not hosting me. It's unofficial.
Manny:I'm an official host of the Sydney Opera House, but, yeah. I think that's pretty cool. So anyway, getting getting here to Australia was actually kind of an adventure because, I've talked about non revenue travel before and I've talked about how you have to be super flexible when you need to travel. When you wanna travel non ref, you wanna utilize those benefits. You have to be super flexible.
Manny:And this was one of those times. So I wanted to kind of not know where I was gonna go, but I kinda had my heart set on Australia because I wanted to come here back in 2022 and I didn't make it because of way to optimization of 1 of the flights, so we didn't make it. But at that time, it was a holiday, so the the entire flight was booked. And, unfortunately, none of the nonrevs made it on. So, you know, I was a little disappointed.
Manny:And initially, I was kind of thinking about doing, Melbourne, but then Sydney was kind of like, I think we just gotta see the the opera house. I mean, as the the icon of Australia has did that opera house. So I say, you know what? I think we should go to, to Sydney, and that's where we ended up. But, initially, we had to leave from Las Vegas and the open flight was from, LA.
Manny:There was another option in San Francisco, but LA was the, the one who had the better opportunities. And
Manny:but every single flight out of Las
Manny:Vegas was completely booked because of every single flight out of Las Vegas was completely booked because of EDC weekend, and everybody and their mothers was in Las Vegas at that particular weekend. And even until Monday Tuesday, people were still trying to leave Las Vegas. So it was almost impossible to get out of out of, Las Vegas. I mean, we tried looking at destinations like Houston, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, San Diego, everything. We tried and everything was fully booked or oversold, and so we decided to just drive.
Manny:So we rented a car from Las Vegas and we drove to LA, which was actually not that bad considering the fact that I'm used to driving 10 plus hours usually when I'm, you know, driving between, Colorado and Las Vegas. So we're like, you know, I we drove it was, I think, a little a little over 5 hours. Traffic wasn't bad as as as I as, I was expecting it to be. So it was a really nice drive. We got there.
Manny:We have plenty of time, and we got on the plane on the flight from, LA to Sydney, and it was I think it was a little over 15 hours, 15 hour flight, which is really the probably longest flight I've ever taken ever in my life. So it was but it was really cool. The weather here is just phenomenal. It was, the locals were saying that it has been raining like crazy over the last couple of weeks, like, nonstop. So we got here just in time to see the sunshine and see this just beautiful weather here in Sydney.
Manny:I think the highs of 68 degrees Fahrenheit, which is really nice. Like I mentioned earlier, today is a little bit cloudy, but it's the really high clouds and, it's just it's just an amazing day here in Sydney. So my first impressions of Sydney, I just feel super clean here. Like, I'm everywhere you go, there's no trash. They're super clean here.
Manny:Like, I'm everywhere you go, there's no trash, very little bit of graffiti, super lively. It's a vibrant city, and it's easy to get around here. The transportation system is really easy. And also what makes it really easy is that you can use your phone. I use my iPhone as the, just kinda tap and go.
Manny:You know, there's no I don't believe there's any discount if you use that was called an Opel card, and it's kinda like the transit system card. But you can use your phone and just tap at the station and just go on the ferries, on the light rails, on the buses, on the subway. I mean, it's just easy. We took the train from the airport to the, hotel, and it literally took us about 20 minutes. And it dropped us off with a 5 minute walk.
Manny:It was really good. So that just kinda makes me want to come back
Manny:here to Sydney again because it was just it's been super easy to get around here in, in the city. I mentioned the weather already. And you
Micah:know what?
Manny:Another thing I wanted to bring up is that I don't know if jet lag exists coming this way from, the United States all the way to Australia because I feel like my sleep cycles are around the same. I wanna go maybe I wanna go to sleep at a little bit earlier, like, by around 8 PM, I'm, like, completely pooped. But other than that, I feel like I'm pretty pretty well. Like, I'm I'm awake during the day. You know, I can go to sleep at the right times and be up, but, you know, I'm I'm a little I'm usually up by around 6 6 o'clock in the morning, but that's like an hour or 2 difference between when I'm at home anyways.
Manny:So I don't know. I feel like it doesn't exist. Maybe once I go back to the US, maybe it will be? Because I was looking at the times that, we're supposed to fly out of here tomorrow, and the flight leaves at 9:30 AM from Sydney and arrives in LA at 6 AM. That's very same day.
Manny:So we're actually traveling back in time, when we go we're gonna rev in LA and then, gonna take a flight from LA to Las Vegas and probably be home by 10 AM no later than that. So, I'm gonna try to sleep on a plane and maybe avoid some of that jet lag, but we'll see. I'll report back. Alright. First two reviews, I have, one here from outfits o.
Manny:It says the title says, great podcast. Great pod. I really like your approach to guests as well as your solo episodes. 45 minutes to an hour is the sweet spot as far as duration of the episode. Kudos and best of luck.
Manny:You know what? I truth be told, that's a kind of technical limitation. That's the reason why I keep my episodes under an hour. The software I used to edit my my stuff is free. So, I it just I don't know why.
Manny:I don't know. Maybe there's a a system change or something I can do or a setting that I can switch it to a get longer, but it just limits me to about an hour and 10 minutes. So most of the guest episodes, I I have to cut up into, like 3 episodes or, like a, multiple part series so that I can make it fit within the, the software. But I appreciate it. I actually like keeping it just that way as well because I feel like it's easier to listen to.
Manny:You can you can finish it in one sitting without, you know, being interrupted or, you know, getting distracted. So I think, the, 45 minutes to an hour is pretty good. But thank you so much for that review. Next review, it says, I love it. Manny, I love your content and find it very engaging.
Manny:I hope to start flight training sooner than later. And I found a lot of great info from each episode I'll I've listened to. Keep up the great work, Paul. Paul, thanks so much. It's because of you that we're growing the, the community.
Manny:I really do appreciate the review and, your, your review and your rating or the stuff for tapping 5 stars. I really appreciate that. And for all you that are new to the show, if, you haven't gone in, to Apple Podcast or whatever platform you're listening to this to, I really appreciate if you go there and leave a review and tap that star. It helps me grow the community. Now we're slowly growing this community and and it it it meet literally means the world to me.
Manny:So thank you so much for that. Also, if you submit your, reviews or you send me an email, just kinda shoot me an email I'll send you a postcard. I have a limited edition Australian postcards I picked up at, the Blue Mountains here. And, the Australian Blue Mountains up of, I think, is, west of, Sydney. And I I picked up some really nice, postcards.
Manny:So if you want a postcard, a limited edition Australian postcard, I'll go ahead and send you one. Just provide your mailing address and I'll go ahead and send those to you, if you like. I still have some trading. I think I have a couple more those, Delta Embraer 175 training cards. So if you want one of those, also, go ahead and let me know.
Manny:But remember, just one one at a time. I don't wanna I've I've seen people ask me for multiples. You'll only get one. Don't get greedy. Let's see what else do I have.
Manny:Yeah. I just have some postcards. If you want that, I'll be more than happy to send you one. Alright. Now to some emails.
Manny:I've gotten a few here. These have really focused on the last of us all regarding integrity and kind of, you know, doing the right thing. So, since here an email, it says after being an airline pilot for over 30 years, I've pretty much seen it all. Now I don't want to come off as boomer captain, but it's frustrating to see newer generations lacking loyalty and perseverance. Most of them are glued to their phones, clueless about what a hard day's work really means.
Manny:They'll do whatever it takes to get ahead even if it means bending the truth. I've flown with a few, with new first officers who brag about skipping airlines just to get in the right seat of my plane. It's like playing babysitter most of the time because many of them struggle through a triple 7 leg. They would not survive to fly domestic. My buddies at the training center confirmed that these new hires needed way more extra training than usual and don't even get me started on these influencers, quote unquote, on social media.
Manny:They're more interested in setting up their cameras for fancy cockpit videos and doing their job. They stroll in late to the van, glued to their phones, leaving the rest of us to pick up the slack while they post for selfies and record TikTok videos. I stumbled upon some of the the highly followed social media accounts, and let me tell you, it takes everything in me not to leave a snarky comment. I've even had to report a few to our chief pilot because they're just terrible pilots even as relief crew members. I've had to kick some of them off flights because they spend more time editing videos on their phones and being involved with the rest of their crew.
Manny:It's embarrassing to see them wearing our uniform, really, Charles. Hey, Charles. Jeez, man. That's, I don't even know what I would do in this situation. I mean, if they're that involved, like, I I can see that the opportunity for you to offer some mentorship, but maybe they just don't want to take the mentorship opportunity.
Manny:But it's really hard to kind of, I I don't know. There's I I
Manny:don't know what I would do
Manny:in this situation. I would probably try
Manny:to, you know, give some mentorship. But if it's getting in the way, I would probably try to, you know, give some mentorship. But if
Manny:it's getting in the way, would probably try to, you know, give some mentorship. But if it's getting in the way of operations and of of of actually having a safe flight,
Manny:then, yeah, definitely, I would do
Manny:the same thing. I'd report someone. But I truly believe in leading by example, you know. I
Manny:never want to be the captain that
Manny:says, oh, I'm SOP. I'm a, you know, I'm SOP because you know that when they tell you they're gonna opposite. But, I'm sorry to hear that. It's unfortunate that these, these people are making it through our ranks, but I think that's a byproduct of just, you know, trying to hire as many people as possible with the pilot shortage that would happen over the last 2 years. And they just needed to hire they just needed warm bodies in those seats and we obviously have a a new generation of people coming in through and we have to adapt.
Manny:As, as previous generations, we need to adapt to this new, generation of pilots coming in, but we also want to spread awareness to that. You know, this is a a a a, a profession. Right? It's a vocation. It's not just any job where you can just go in.
Manny:And I think, a lot of people are using that position to obtain some kind of clout. Right? So, man. I I haven't encountered anyone like that. I mean, everyone I've worked with so far has been pretty professional and and, respectful and they're kind of, open to criticism and to mentorship and so I don't know, man.
Manny:But I'm sorry. I'm sorry you're having that experience and I hope it gets better. Because especially, as I mentioned before in previous episodes, I think this is the we have to take more time to mentor these young pilots because of the lack of an experience we have in the industry. I think we're having a lot of close calls. And it's not because of, you know, some people have emailed me, said it was because of the diversity hires that we have, you know, women and, you know, people of minority.
Manny:I don't think it's just that. I if honest if I if I'm willing to be really honest with you, I don't think it's the whole because you're a minority or because they got hired on because they're black or Hispanic or they're gay or whatever. It's because of just a lack of experience. We have a lot of new pilots in here and we don't have, I think more more of the, senior pilots are not taking those mentorship mentorship opportunities
Manny:to mentor these younger pilots. And we have
Manny:these just, we're we're lacking experience and this is why we're seeing these incidents. But, Charles, good luck. I hope that it gets better for you out there. Thank you so much for your email. Good luck.
Manny:I hope that it gets better for you out there. Thank you so much for your email, and, I'll go ahead and send you out a postcard. I see you leave your you left your, address. Let me see. And we have another email here.
Manny:It's, it says what what you are ranting about is the cost of doing business for an airline. It sounds like you're just a tad sore and missing out on on the opportunity when everyone around you was hustling to bribe for their families. There's no shame in that, Julian. Part of me. Yeah.
Manny:Absolutely. I think it is I think, I don't know if it's a missed opportunity. It's just like I said, maybe it was just, it was not in the cards for me at the time. Maybe an opportunity is gonna present itself for me later down the line. It could be here at the airline I am at or maybe it could be somewhere else.
Manny:Who knows? But what I'm kinda sore about is that people have made it through, especially over the last couple of years. They've kind of jumped ship, you know, being dishonest with the process, not necessarily that the, that I haven't made it there. You know, but I've had dreams that I'm like, oh, man. I'm probably not gonna make it to where I wanna wanted to be as a kid.
Manny:But I kind of just, brush it off. Off. But, yeah, it stings a little bit like I mentioned before. But, but, yes, you're right. I think it is it's a cost of doing business.
Manny:But here's the thing though, especially, airlines have now, you know, the whole training contracts that I talked about before, you know, they're they're just tired of, people taking advantage of them and then just, you know, bleeding pilots to, to their competition because, you know, they're taking advantage of the fact that, you know, they they had, you know, free training with no strings attached. But, hey, people's gotta do they gotta do what they gotta do. But, anyways, Julian, thanks so much. I appreciate the the email.
Manny:Let me
Manny:see, see what have we got here. Hey, buddy. So I spent 7 years SkyWest flying the ERJ. And when I finally got an interview at United, man, I thought I was toast. I mean, with their waiting game, I figured it'd be a a thanks, but no thanks.
Manny:But, hey, luck was on my side, and I snagged it. And, yeah, I totally get what you're saying about those kinds of people. I haven't thought about giving Southwest a shot last year, but something just didn't sit right. I couldn't see myself be, myself lying to them, especially knowing I'd jump ship for United or Delta if they called. It was getting tough seeing folks, it was it was getting tough seeing folks head to Southwest and then end up at United.
Manny:It stung, Nick. You see? Same thing. I kinda just echoed your words. It stung a little bit, but I feel and I know a couple of people right now that are, at my company that actually just got, in or got interviews at Delta and United, and I'm really happy for them.
Manny:You know, they they they stuck around with, SkyWest for a while, but, you know, and they've enjoyed their time here. Some some others, not so much, but they've managed to get there without having to, utilize other company's resources to get there. Next, sorry. Nick, thanks so much for your email. See.
Manny:Next one's from Travis. Has been at American for 5 years. You should apply here, boss. You're the kind of pilot we need. Really loving the podcast.
Manny:Call me old fashioned, but I firmly believe that nothing comes for free. Sure. Your airline might have paid you during training, but that doesn't mean they don't expect some commitment in return. Call it a gentleman's agreement. Nowadays, airlines are tightening up with training contracts and there's a lot of uproar about it, especially from those entitled folks who lie their way into the big leagues.
Manny:Yeah. I I agree with you, Travis. I think there is some sense of loyalty and kind of, for me, I guess I thought about it more recently about having if they provided all this, I should give them a couple years. But you know what? I didn't have to think about it just because the fact that I I like it here so much.
Manny:I think people that decided to make that jump to another airline to launder the resume, I think it was just that, you know, it's like, hey, I gotta move my career, man. This is the opportunity of a lifetime, and they just went with it. So I don't think they were being malicious. And, but, yeah, I think, the age of loyalty and, you know, giving companies something they deserve quote unquote is kind of we don't really think about it because we figured, oh, they're big companies or multibillion dollar enterprises. Who cares about them?
Manny:You know, I was like, you know, I was like, whatever.
Manny:But there's consequences for the
Manny:rest of us or for the optimal, but that's what they're gonna have to deal with, the next generation of pilots. But we are we have a mentality as a society that, you know, it's about me. It's about, you know, there's no longer there's no sense of community, at least in America. There's no sense of community. There's no sense of teamwork anymore.
Manny:Everything's about me me me me me and how can I get ahead, you know? And doesn't even it doesn't matter if I have to step on someone's shoulders or, you know, or what come who's coming behind me. It doesn't matter. It's all about me, and that's how we operate in the United States, unfortunately. Thank you, Travis, for that email.
Manny:I'll also go ahead and send you. You said you wanted a trading card. I'll go ahead and send that over. Just look it out, look for that trading card in the mail. Alright.
Manny:Let's see. We have, I have, one last email. It says, so I'm 26, and I worked at 3 different airlines before landing at United. Started off at SkyWest for 8 months and bounced to Frontier and eventually ended up at Southwest. Got advice from this interview prep company to cast a wide net, so I did.
Manny:Had applications all over the place while at SkyWest and then got calls from Frontier first, then Southwest during my, training there, and then finally United. 2 months after wrapping up training at South West, everyone from the pros I paid to my buddies said to grab every every opportunity because waiting for United would mean leaving money on the table, and others told me that having type ratings will make more, make me more marketable. Makes sense at the time, but now I kinda feel a bit sketchy about it. Can't say I regret it though. Got where I wanted.
Manny:Got where I wanted to be at. Anyways, dig the show, dude, but maybe ease up on making me feel guilty about it. I think, it says Fabrizio is your name. Thank you so much for that email. You know what?
Manny:I think I've heard that before. You know, I've seen that interview prep companies is just a cast of white net just everywhere. But I think the the more the more the this hiring boom started, evolving, I think more airlines started asking the question of, like, well, do you have any other applications out? And if people answered yes, then guess what? They're not gonna hire you because they know you're gonna leave.
Manny:So initially, I think it was like, there's some growing pains with all the hiring that was happening and, you know, they were just hired like I said, they were just hiring anybody. Right? Just go go go go go. Higher higher higher. And then eventually, when they started seeing people, especially the low cost carriers and the and the regionals, when they started seeing people, like, leave, then they start tightening tightening up their their recruiting process so they can avoid people, like like, you know, leaving.
Manny:But I can see that. You know, sometimes, you know, we we kind of are ignorant to the process, especially if you don't have a mentor. You just do whatever they tell you to do. Right? Hey.
Manny:Do this, do that, do this. And they're the pros. Why not? So I've heard of that happening before. Anyways, that's the emails.
Manny:Once again, if you want that postcard or if you want a trading card, or one of the limited edition Australian Australian Australian postcards, go ahead and leave your address and I'll go ahead and send one out to you. And let's see. Last but not least, let's talk about that, that turbulence and the importance of having your seat belt fastened even when you're in your seat. Recently there was a flight from London to Singapore, Singapore Airlines, I believe it was, and they experienced severe turbulence where one passenger died from cardiac arrest. So I think it just scared that living crap out of this person and they had a heart attack and unfortunately, they passed away.
Manny:Multiple, injuries. I saw images on face on Twitter or x, whatever you wanna call it. And, yeah, bloody people. Flight attendants just had, you know, bloody noses and stuff like that. It's some serious stuff.
Manny:So I don't know if these people had their seatbelts and their seatbelts, actually fastened or anything, but I think it could prevent a lot of these injuries because sometimes when we're seated or we're walking around, you know, if we had severe turbulence, this can happen. So super important that if you, are seated, just keep that seat belt fastened just in case a you experience some, rough air along the way.
Manny:On
Manny:the flight from LA to Sydney, there was some bumps. It wasn't suit too bad, and I I actually fell asleep and I actually had a nightmare that we crashed.
Manny:I was
Manny:I don't know why I didn't wake up in a panic, but it was, I had my seat belt fastened, but I I thought about it. I think at one point, I fell asleep and I didn't have my seat my seat belt fastened. But reminder to keep that keep that nice and snug to make sure that, you know, if something like this happens, you don't you don't end up hitting the roof of the airplane or, or hopefully everyone around you has their seat belt fastened just so that way they don't fall on you. That's all I got for today, guys. I don't know if there's anything else I wanna cover.
Manny:Let
Manny:me see. I'm trying to think. No. That's pretty much it for today. Anyways, guys, thank you so much again for spending some time with me here from Sydney, Australia, and I will catch you on the next one.
Manny:And as always, keep learning, keep growing, because good enough to earn a living may not be good enough to survive.
Manny:Hey, fellow aviation enthusiasts. Before I let you go, I'd like to ask you for a huge favor. If you could please go to the platform where you're listening this podcast in and leave a review, some feedback, and some comments. I really do appreciate that. I wanna make the Tailwinds and Sunshine podcast your podcast.
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