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lxgr • today at 7:28 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Amazing mindset, so you’d rather risk distracting a pilot and causing an accident than buy a PLB or other emergency beacon for a few hundred bucks as a backup for your phone?


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kotaKat • today at 7:46 PM

Let's face it, does anyone get rescued on Delta's company frequency? ;)

Half the time I expect when someone throws a genuine emergency out on 121.5 the peanut gallery will all light up screaming that THEY'RE ON GUUUUAAAAARRRRRRDDDDDDD instead of realizing they should shut up and help the poor guy calling for it.

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