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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 2, 2012 0:13:12 GMT -5
Do the players fly over as a team, or do they take individual flights from wherever they happen to live?
(I guess the question is moot if they are going to be training together right up until the flight over.)
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Post by midnightblue on Jul 2, 2012 9:19:41 GMT -5
Do the players fly over as a team, or do they take individual flights from wherever they happen to live? (I guess the question is moot if they are going to be training together right up until the flight over.) They'll be training in Anaheim, then fly over as a team before the games. |
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Post by vbtraveler on Jul 19, 2012 1:21:26 GMT -5
Probably wouldn't have even thought of this had Destinee Hooker not had a recent scare on a flight when she was heading from Texas back to Anaheim and her plane had engine trouble and made an immediate return to the departure airport (Houston, I believe).
Does the USOC have any guidelines for separating the team members on different flights similar to corporate and government line of succession plans?
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Post by mikegarrison on Jul 19, 2012 20:27:18 GMT -5
A meteor could strike the team training facility. It wouldn't be all that much less likely than a fatal crash of a commercial airliner. It's certainly not something I would worry about if I were doing planning for the team.
[Full disclosure, I work for a plane manufacturer. But still, it's true.]
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Post by Reach on Jul 19, 2012 20:39:21 GMT -5
A meteor could strike the team training facility. It wouldn't be all that much less likely than a fatal crash of a commercial airliner. It's certainly not something I would worry about if I were doing planning for the team. [Full disclosure, I work for a plane manufacturer. But still, it's true.] Hopefully not Airbus. |
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Post by Mocha on Jul 21, 2012 18:53:40 GMT -5
The entire U.S. Figure Skating team was wiped out on its way to the World Championships when a Boeing plane crashed in 1962.
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