A Confession

If ATA's 10AM flight from National to Midway crashes it's because I violated FAA regulations and wrote this post from my iPhone during takeoff.

I hope someone will let the relevant authorities know.

Comments

The rules just don't apply to you Bushies, do they?

Posted by Dave B. | August 2, 2007 9:46 AM

See, and I would have thought it would crash on landing because Midway's runway is 30% too short.

Posted by Joe | August 2, 2007 9:52 AM

What, no post alerting matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com readers that you have an op-ed piece in today's LA Times? After all the money I pay to read and comment at this site, I feel slighted.

Posted by Al | August 2, 2007 9:55 AM

BTW, this is what I get when I click on your LA Times piece:

D.C. elites want you to shush on Iraq

Be afraid when the same centrist consensus that has a lousy track record on the war lashes out at partisans.

By By Matthew Yglesias
August 2, 2007

The united states is now well into the fifth year of a war in Iraq ...

I like the doubling of "By" in "By By Matthew Yglesias" and the uncapitalized "united states". Makes me feel like home!

Posted by Al | August 2, 2007 9:59 AM

National eh? Fancy.

Posted by Dulles Super Shuttle Prole | August 2, 2007 10:00 AM

Electronics use is ok, as long as the TSA didn't let you take any precious fluids on board. No surrender in the war on moisture!

Posted by MikeJ | August 2, 2007 10:07 AM

I hear the sound of a jet ... now there's a loud explosion ... a huge fireball ... oh, the humanity!

Posted by Peter | August 2, 2007 10:14 AM

Personally, if I was flying The Airline Formerly Known As Valuejet, I wouldn't double-tempt fate by first using a restricted electronic device and then joking about it.

Posted by space | August 2, 2007 10:16 AM

If someone you know is a huge fan of The Corner and seems strangely mute this morning, it's because Mario Loyola filed a real column on his way to Iraq.

Posted by P O'Neill | August 2, 2007 10:18 AM

As always*, Penny Arcade has something appropriate.

*"always" should be taken to mean [cough] percent of the time.

Posted by mds | August 2, 2007 10:22 AM

ATA is not AirTran, nee ValuJet.

Posted by dbt | August 2, 2007 10:37 AM

You liberal elites think you can do whatever you want, dontcha?

Posted by boomtown | August 2, 2007 11:23 AM

no fair jinxing.

Posted by jello | August 2, 2007 11:52 AM

See, and I would have thought it would crash on landing because Midway's runway is 30% too short.

And that's a bad thing? If your plane ends up on Central Ave, you can just get off and catch a cab. Although getting your luggage out may be difficult...

Posted by Alan | August 2, 2007 12:57 PM

Well that's one way to get the no-fly list.

Posted by beo | August 2, 2007 4:28 PM

Actually, you are all wrong. ATA is American TransAir, which has nothing to do with Valujet. ATA used to be a cheap, cramped service to Hawaii, and they eventually turned into a real airline.

Valujet merged with AirTran, a totally different airline from ATA.

Posted by Dilan Esper | August 2, 2007 5:23 PM