Why can't they fly in smooth, straight lines?

4-8-2005 - 9:20 a.m.

I made it back from Miami last night on a flight that felt like it flew through the middle of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. I knew we were in for a bumpy ride when the pilot told all the flight attendants to sit down and buckle up mid-flight. And lucky me had a window seat for these festivities-- so I could see all the nasty black clouds around the plane. And then at the end the pilot thought he'd get all fancy-like and started circling O'Hare, banking the plane at stomach-churning angles. That man must be attention starved.

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