Comments on: Is there anything duct tape can’t do? http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/28/is-there-anything-duct-tape-cant-do/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:03:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: UASUX http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/28/is-there-anything-duct-tape-cant-do/#comment-17803 UASUX Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:18:11 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/28/is-there-anything-duct-tape-cant-do/#comment-17803 I Have had that tape holding my bumper on for about 2 years. Works great! I Have had that tape holding my bumper on for about 2 years. Works great!

]]> By: Would you get on a plane with a broken or missing winglet? » Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/28/is-there-anything-duct-tape-cant-do/#comment-17609 Would you get on a plane with a broken or missing winglet? » Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 06 Nov 2007 03:15:17 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/28/is-there-anything-duct-tape-cant-do/#comment-17609 [...] they should have used the airline-grade duct tape. That oughta fix [...] […] they should have used the airline-grade duct tape. That oughta fix […]

]]> By: Mark Peacock http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/28/is-there-anything-duct-tape-cant-do/#comment-414 Mark Peacock Mon, 04 Dec 2006 04:17:52 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/28/is-there-anything-duct-tape-cant-do/#comment-414 About a year ago, a friend told me a very similar story about watching a airline mechanic repair a popped rivet in a 777 with what looked like duct tape. You can hear him tell his story on <a href="http://travelcommons.com/?p=29" rel="nofollow">episode #15</a> of my TravelCommons podcast About a year ago, a friend told me a very similar story about watching a airline mechanic repair a popped rivet in a 777 with what looked like duct tape. You can hear him tell his story on episode #15 of my TravelCommons podcast

]]> By: Diane http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/28/is-there-anything-duct-tape-cant-do/#comment-402 Diane Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:52:36 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2006/11/28/is-there-anything-duct-tape-cant-do/#comment-402 This might be perfectly safe, but I think that I'd be insisting that they let me off the plane if I saw this happening. It's not so much the tape, as seeing such a repair being made in your presence. Just watching the video was unsettling. Seeing repairs of this nature right before takeoff (I imagine) would freak out more than a few passengers. This might be perfectly safe, but I think that I’d be insisting that they let me off the plane if I saw this happening.

It’s not so much the tape, as seeing such a repair being made in your presence. Just watching the video was unsettling.

Seeing repairs of this nature right before takeoff (I imagine) would freak out more than a few passengers.

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