We Compared TSA PreCheck and Global Entry So You Don't Have To

TSA PreCheck vs. Global Entry — which one is actually worth it? This week on Cabin Pressure with Shawn & G, we break down airport security programs, customs shortcuts, and the travel apps that can save you serious time. Then it goes fully off the rails with crew drama, therapy dog Rex, gross passenger behavior, a wild Dublin layover, an accidental kirtan concert, and one of the most unhinged onboard emergency stories we’ve ever told. If you love flight attendant stories, airline gossip, travel tips, and airport chaos, this one’s for you. 

Travel programs 

• TSA PreCheck official page
  pricing, enrollment, and benefits. TSA says first-time application takes about 5 minutes online plus about 10 minutes in person, and most applicants get a decision in 3–5 days, though some can take up to 60 days. 
• Global Entry official page
  expedited U.S. re-entry, includes TSA PreCheck, $120 for 5 years. CBP says it’s best for frequent international travelers. 
• Mobile Passport Control (MPC) official page
  Free CBP app for eligible travelers returning to the U.S. 
• NEXUS official page
  for faster U.S./Canada processing; CBP says members can also use Global Entry kiosks when entering the U.S. from Canadian preclearance airports. 
• SENTRI official page
  expedited entry from the southern land border. 
• CLEAR Plus official page
  paid identity-verification fast lane at participating airports; CLEAR says it can be used with TSA PreCheck. 
• DHS Trusted Traveler Programs comparison page
  good one-stop page to compare the main programs. 

Video/news mention from the episode

• Delta Flight 104 engine incident video mentioned in the show
  the YouTube

Transcript

Hotel Room Levitating Story

Shawn 0:00

So let me ask you. When you head to your hotel room, head up into your room, um, do you ever levitate? What the hell are you talking about? You don't levitate. Levitate? Yeah, levitate. You don't levitate in your room.

G 0:26

No, I'm I don't. Linda Blair, I'm not freaking possessed. I don't got shit going through my bodies. So I just I don't have outer body experiences in my hotel room.

Shawn 0:36

I just flew with this girl. She was telling me about this flight attendant. Now, how would you deal with this? That she was telling her that she levitates in her room in the hotel.

G 0:45

Dude. Fucking batshit crazy.

Shawn 0:49

That's what I gotta say. Would that go under frequent flyer, or would that be like a fly Uber or something?

G 0:58

A whole nother like uh frequent flyer program that's I don't want to be a part of.

Shawn 1:02

That'd be kind of scary though, right?

G 1:05

Levitate, dude. I mean, we ran across some crazy shit. Crew members come in with some crazy shit. They do. They can scare you. This is scary, I know.

Shawn 1:15

Like levitating.

G 1:16

Yeah. I'm levitating.

Shawn 1:18

I mean, you thought I was levitating there for a minute. Like, what the hell's wrong with you?

G 1:21

And she felt comfortable talking to you about this. I know. Crazy.

Shawn 1:25

That's a that's a fun part of our job, isn't it?

G 1:28

Bad shit crazy.

Shawn 1:30

So let's talk about let's talk about some of the programs uh at the airport. TSA pre-check versus global entry.

G 1:38

Yeah, there's advantages of both, man. But don't forget there's other programs, G. Which ones? There's Nexus, there's uh Sentry, and then there's also Clear.

Shawn 1:48

Okay, so what's the difference between because you know, pre-check, all right, you're basically you're going through, I mean, without taking off your stuff, right? I mean, you're right.

G 1:57

So pre-check was that first design to like get a speed up to go through the security lines here in the US and everything. But then there's the next step, next level is global entry. So now you're going to like international destinations and you can expedite coming in and out of the United States through uh uh global entry. But there's other programs in the United States right now. Clear is like they're in special locations and bigger airports that give you a total, it's a push me to the front of the line program. Yeah. You know, so if you have clear, all it does is basically just bypass all those TSA pre-check, global entry, and you get walked right to the front of the line.

Shawn 2:37

So you wonder if it's actually worth it. Well, if you ever seen those damn lines and you look at how long your line is and your line goes all the way down the damn terminal, yeah, and you see the pre-check and the global entry lines, especially in customs. Right. I can't, you know me, man. I I cannot stand lines. Oh, right. I think that's probably the one thing, the one thing that will do me in when it comes to when I retire, you'll never see me at the airport again because I am the worst person at line. Restaurant, I mean, you know, you go to a restaurant, it's like four, they'll tell you like 45 minutes. Right. You know they're lying. Their ass is lying, it's like an hour and a half, right? So I'm the worst person at the line. So you go to the airport, you see all these lines, and you you wonder if the TSA, and then you go through um uh customs, is global entry worth it? Well, one of them actually makes the other one kind of pointless.

G 3:28

Right. Because yeah, because global entry gives you TSA pre-check, yeah. Right. So if you buy global entry, you got both of them. If you buy TSA pre-check, and then you decide later, oh, I want to travel international and I want to get the global entry, now you're paying, you know, again.

Shawn 3:44

Yeah, but you you just trump that one with Nexus, right?

G 3:47

So Nexus has uh, you know, they they include global entry and TSA pre-check, but Nexus is for Canada. So if you want to expedite going through Canada, because Canada has their own system, you get Nexus, and now you have all three of them.

Shawn 4:01

So you you got all these because you see this at the airport, right? So you see a sign that says pre uh it says uh TSA pre-check.

G 4:08

Right.

Shawn 4:09

And then you see the clear, right? And then you're like, okay, but then there's global entry. So what's the difference between the TSA with the TSA pre-check? It takes what, like five or ten minutes online?

G 4:22

Yeah. I mean, to sign up, you're talking about sign up. Yeah, so people that don't know. I mean, yeah, so for signing, all the programs are uh, you know, it's just an online form to sign up and all that stuff and you pay your registration. But uh the difference between like TSA pre-check, they just do an online background check to you, and then you have global entry where you actually have to go to an interview. Like they depend on once they do your background check, then they want to do an interview with you in person, right? So, like some of them have different levels and it takes different amounts of time to get it, but once you do get it, then you're set, you're golden, kind of like like you can go through wherever you need to go through. But here's the secret: you need to make sure, like, where am I gonna be traveling to the most? And so if you're traveling to Canada, obviously, I mean, uh, Nexus is the way to go. If you're going through Mexico, they got their own program, which is called Century. And so if you're going back and forth through Mexico all the time, Century is the way to go. But then if you're traveling in just inside the United States and you want to do like global entry and you're not doing international travel at all, and you're just doing domestic, then TSA pre-check is all you really need. But if you want to fast pass that line, like that Walt Disney pass type of thing, then that's when you need um clear. Yeah. But clear's only in specialized airport, so that's where you like you definitely need to know where you're going and what your kind of like future plans are to figure out what pet what program is gonna fit you the best. But overall, for a flight attendant, I think globally, yeah, global entry, global entry, yeah.

Shawn 5:49

Pre-check is like 76 bucks, right? And then global, you're paying what? 120. Like 120.

G 5:56

Yeah.

Shawn 5:56

So I mean, really, it's just an upgrade. So if you're planning on going anywhere international, yeah, global entry is the way to go. Yeah, it's definitely the way to go.

G 6:02

Yeah, because you you get both programs and um you're you're set, and then it's for five years.

Shawn 6:07

Yeah, five. That's that's definitely worth it.

G 6:11

Right. And here's another secret: a lot of credit cards, look at your credit card programs out there because a lot of credit cards pay for all these services. So um, if you're looking for you want you want to do travel benefits like this, look at your credit cards and what you already have and the benefits of your accounts because they'll they'll usually give you refund that feed back to you.

Dry Needling Pain And Regrets

Shawn 6:30

Right. So there you go. Global entry is the way to go. But let me tell you something, man. Before I came here, have you ever done dry needling?

G 6:37

What the fuck?

Shawn 6:39

Drying dry needling? Yeah, well, I I mean, we're I ain't drying anything. No, you've have you ever done that shit? No, no. Okay, so I had this neck problem, and you know, I went through the chiropractor, and then and then now they're they're sending me the physical therapy, and they're like, okay, let's try this dry needling. They take these damn needles, and you're like a pincushion, and they're they're like these long needles, and and they took three of them through through one side of my shoulder all the way into it to my spine, it felt like and then they start wiggling that shit back and forth.

G 7:11

Yeah, no, it it's like that like an Asian torture, dude. This is like you know, acupuncture, you know, XL. That's some bullshit.

Shawn 7:23

But the first question was the first question, uh do needle needles uh bother you? And I'm like, no, it don't bother me. And then he's like, okay, first one goes in. He didn't say he's gonna wiggle the damn shit back and forth.

G 7:35

It's like the dentist that has that big ass, long ass needle. And he goes, All right, they don't bother you.

Shawn 7:40

Oh, hell no. Soft tissue start wiggling that shit back and forth. And so you know, you I get three of them for one side, okay, just roll over. Why? Gotta do the other side.

G 7:48

Oh, fuck no.

Shawn 7:49

No, so I'm getting three, yeah. I'm getting three freaking needles coming in both sides. That you know what that reminds me of?

G 7:56

Like when you go to the hospital and they're trying to like get you're trying to get blood, or you got that person that's trying to get your vein or whatever, and then they get in there and they didn't get it, and then they're like, okay, wait, jam, jam, jam, jam. Next thing you know, you got a bruise on your arm because you got the stupid ass that didn't know how to put a needle in you. And you're doing voluntary dry needles?

Shawn 8:15

Shit is all on my back right now. Uh when I when I can't and the funny thing in a doctor, when you go to like chiropractor or you go to a physical therapist, what what's the one thing that they always ask? Well, how you feeling? Well, like shit, right now you just took six six needles and went in there and started jacking with my back. Right. And it's like, oh, what it does is supposed to loosen up this area. No, it didn't loosen shit up. No, hell no. It was it was bad.

Working With A Rigid Crew Member

G 8:43

It was bad. Dry needling. Uh anyhow, um, dude, have you ever flown with a crew member that's like the most inflexible son of a bitch you've ever met in your life?

Shawn 8:56

We have flown with a multitude. That's the one thing about our job, right? We cover, we cover a multitude of people.

G 9:04

Yeah. I mean personalities, everything. Dude, I okay, so we got in a situation, uh, and and this is gonna sound kind of crazy for people that aren't airline related, but you know, these aircrafts they could switch the equipment on us at any time. And they switched to equipment on my last trip, and we went from a smaller wide body to a the largest one we ever had. So then we were like two crew members short. So then we're working on a crew, you know. So now we've got to like modify the whole system and all that stuff, which is fine. Like we we get short crew paid, all that, all that shit. But this one flight attendant, all of a sudden, he is like rigid. No, I'm doing it this way. This is the only way I do shit. And so then he's wanting you to work with him and trying to help him, and everything he does is like he's putting it like I need to get to the trash or get to the trays or get to any of the service items, and it's all right in front of him, so you have to like step into him, and he's like, You're in my way. No, you're in my way, son of a bitch. Exactly. Like, it's like, like, are you kidding me? Like, why are you setting this up like this? This is like the stupidest service setup I've ever been. I mean, we've been flying for a long time and we've seen many galleys, doesn't matter with wide-body near all this stuff. But when you got one crew member where they're just like, you know, we're in this push situation, we're trying to help each other out and all this stuff, but this asshole's like, no, I'm only doing it this way.

Shawn 10:27

Yeah, you know, it doesn't it's a recruiting failure, Sean. That's what it is. No, I mean, seriously, see this dude's senior too. He's like 40 plus years. So they failed, or they failed a long time ago. Yeah. Because what happens is they come on, they're not a team. If you're if if you're a flight attendant in this, you've got to be a team player. Yeah, you gotta be a team playing. Yeah, but you gotta be a team player, man. You're on there with four flight attendants, six flight attendants, ten flight attendants. You have to be a team player.

G 10:54

We had 50 seats in first class. We're trying to get it done with only freaking, we had five people to get it done. Right. And it's like, that's a lot of people, man. We're we don't the flow doesn't go right when you don't have that sixth person, and so you're just like, we're we're all running short, and then we've got to leave our zone after we're done done, make sure the back is done and their flow is done. You know, it's like there's a lot going on, we're all trying to just help each other get it done. But then when you have one asshole that doesn't want to be flexible and they're gonna make it everything difficult, it's like I wanted to punch this asshole out.

Therapy Dogs And Gross Passengers

Shawn 11:30

Right. All of our passengers has experienced that same thing. It was a recruiting failure. Right? It's a recruiting failure. We can look at it anyway, but man, it was a failure in recruiting. Yeah, it could have been years ago, but they failed at that one. In Cleveland, uh, where they didn't fail, though, they just had a new therapy dog. I love this dog's face, man. Um we're gonna show you a picture of this. You wait till therapy dog? Hell yeah, his name's Rex. Rex. I haven't met Rex. Well, no, because they they had a little um caption on the bottom of it that said, Rex loves his butt rubbed. I ain't rubbing buttons with dogs. I am gonna rub Rex's butt. That's no kinky shit. Oh man, he was such a cute dog. Wait till you guys see this, man. I love therapy dogs.

G 12:14

Yeah, dude.

Shawn 12:14

I do. I love therapy.

G 12:15

That's a crazy sign to be in the airport, first of all.

Shawn 12:18

Yeah, but it's Rex likes his butt rubbed. Yeah. Could you imagine that though? We come instead of like an emergency, instead of instead of calling in for like paramedics, right? We had a rough day. The crew had a rough day. What? Send Rex to the plane?

G 12:31

Right. Right. Rex goes up and down the aisle.

Shawn 12:34

No, hell no, for the crew. Right. I'm not talking about the passengers. I'm talking about the crew. We had a bad day. Set Rex up. Let him come.

G 12:43

Yeah, we'll let us play for with Rex for a little while.

Shawn 12:45

Yeah, exactly. So we were on the we were on the plane. This guy comes to the back. We're both sitting back there, and um, and he just looks about as sick as you can be. And I'm like, dude, are you okay?

G 12:57

Right.

Shawn 12:57

He looks at me and he's like, I can't believe it. I've you've never seen this. I know that you've never seen it. It it was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. And I'm like, try me.

G 13:08

Yeah.

Shawn 13:09

We've seen a lot of disgusting. I'm sitting up there in the aisle seat, and the guy in the middle reaches up, digs up in his nose. Ugh. I know you like that. Starts observing this. He's explaining this. He goes, he's observing this in front of me, and I'm looking at him. He's grabbed his trophy. Yeah, exactly. And he's rolling it. He goes, he rolls it. And then he proceeds to put it on his thigh and rolled it in the hair of his leg. Shit.

G 13:42

Now that's some nasty shit right there.

Shawn 13:45

But how do you keep a straight face in the galley when this guy's telling you this guy dug up in his nose, grabbed something, and rolled it in the hair. And he goes, Have you ever seen something so gross? And I said, Yeah.

unknown 13:57

Yeah.

Shawn 13:58

I see it a lot, unfortunately. We do. We see it a lot.

G 14:02

We see some nasty things that people do on an airplane. That's that brings me back to like the bad old days when we were like picking up papers and newspapers. Yeah. Like you'd pick up those papers and you open up like I'm gonna read the paper, or somebody's and you flip it open, and there's freaking boogers on the paper.

Shawn 14:18

That's nasty.

Kids Trash A Brand New Plane

G 14:19

Nasty, dude. Yeah, okay.

Shawn 14:21

I I even before we go in further than that. We had a brand new plane. We just had one. This plane was beautiful. It's probably been here about a month.

G 14:30

Right.

Shawn 14:30

New, you know, like the new car smell, right? You get that new smell, and you're getting on there, you're like, plane's all nice and everything. So these people are boarding. This just happened the other day. So I walk back to the front and then I come back, and as I come back, this family had boarded. I'm not, I am not kidding you. You know those little nips chip, though those little nip crackers things? Yeah. Okay.

G 14:53

Cheesecrackers.

Shawn 14:54

Dumped them all over the damn floor. Dumped them on the floor, crunched them into the carpet in a matter of two minutes aboard the aircraft. Now, that can happen. A kid can drop it. I understand that. But I walk back there and everybody's just sitting there and it's a it's a mess. It looks like a hoarder's house back here.

G 15:13

Especially with that like orange cheese and it's everywhere.

Shawn 15:16

I walk back there and I'm like, what happened?

unknown 15:19

What happened?

Shawn 15:22

The mom looks at me and goes, kids.

G 15:26

Kids.

Shawn 15:28

How about reaching down and trying to pick some shit up? Do you know do you know how hard it is? This is when this is when you really as a flight attendant have to step back. Yeah. Right? You have to be really careful right now. Because I had kids. If if my kids made a mess like that, let me tell you something. It wouldn't be a response of kids. You see like three kids out there like scraping that shit out of the carpet, me apologizing for them, them apologizing for themselves. There's no excuse for this shit. Sat there and watched me. I couldn't do, I had, I I went down and I cleaned it up with that little brush thing. Yeah. Because I couldn't stand it. These people are just a brand new plane. It's it represents our company. Right. And and this person just trashed our plane. With no care. In a matter of two minutes. No concern. And then just says kids.

G 16:20

Right.

Shawn 16:21

That's the response.

G 16:22

Training the next generation.

Shawn 16:25

Right? It's one of those things that that's the easiest, fastest way to set off your crew. Right.

G 16:31

I mean come in and trash their plane. Just don't be inconsiderate in anybody else's home. Just clean up. I mean, that clean up. We were taught when we were young. It's like when you go to somebody else's house, you behave yourself, right? Yeah. You're on your best behavior. Yeah. You do, you know, you you watch your manners. You you don't don't mess their things up. You're not trying to let it, you know, break any of their stuff, you know, all that stuff. It's the same thing coming on a plane. You should be doing the same the same respect should be given. Clean it up. New plane smell.

Dublin Layover Travel Tips

Shawn 16:59

All right. So you went to Dublin.

G 17:00

Yeah, man. What happened? So I went to Dublin. I did everything. Really? Yeah, I mean, everything. I got into Dublin. It was a 24-hour uh layover, right? Got there in the morning. I was like, you know, I gotta crash out. I gotta take a little nap. So about two and a half hour nap. I drug myself out of bed. Boom. I'm like, you know what? I gotta go. So I jumped on, did that hop on, off, off bus, you know?

Shawn 17:26

Hop on, hop, off bus.

G 17:27

Yeah, you know, you know what I'm talking about, like all over Europe and everything. They have the hop on, hop off. You mean like the San Francisco trolley type buses? No, no, no, no, no, no. There's a tour system in every major city across Europe, anybody that's traveled Europe and all this stuff, there's a there's companies, multiple companies in every city that is a hop on, hop off bus. So you pay like one fee. I think this was like 35 bucks. Okay. And so for the whole day from nine to five. Oh, okay. You can hop off. Yeah, okay. You see, you get that, G.

unknown 18:00

Anyhow.

Kirtan Concert Gets Weird Fast

G 18:01

So I did the tour, and it's cool. I'm gonna tell you right now, anybody that's touring abroad or you want to go to international stage, uh, any type of uh city or anything like that, um, that's a great way to see the city. Like just get a broad spectrum, and it's and it's relatively inexpensive. And you can like tour the city and you can hop on different spots, hop off the ones that you're interested in. But it normally took this uh Dublin took like uh about an hour and a half or so to get to do the whole loop, you know? Yeah, and so I did that, did some walking around, and uh one of my crew members, um, you know, they were like, Hey, I was my one of my friends was supposed to be going to a concert tonight, and I get tickets, you want to go. So I was like, What the fuck? Let's go. You know, I'm in it, I'm good. She was like 6 30, so meet you back. So I did that during the day, that hop on, hop off, off bus, and uh walked around the city and Dublin's cool. Dublin's cool. I mean, the whole city smells like Guinness. I mean, if you like drinking, yeah, beer, whiskey, you're in heaven. But you're not a Guinness, I'm not a Guinness, yeah, big Guinness person and all that stuff, but I just wanted a whole experience and all that stuff, but uh I didn't get enough time with the locals. I wanted to sit down and talk to the locals, like you know, hear that Irish accent and all this stuff. I didn't get to do that, but uh because I was just like on the move being like Mr. Tour guide, you know, like but here's the crazy thing now you're gonna love this. So this gal gives me these tickets to the concert. I get to this concert. Have you ever heard of Kirtan music? No Kirtan music is a recognize in the like yoga and meditation crowds that they listen to this, it's this Indian chanting music. And so I was like, I don't know, I'll go, I'll go check it out, you know. Like it it seems like I'm I'm in for an experience. You like experiences, right?

Shawn 20:05

Do you do you guys ever realize that every single week that he goes somewhere to the international, something gets jacked up? So we're just waiting for this one. So I'm just wondering. I mean, I'm just I'm just stopping for a minute. It's not too, it's not too many. Wait a minute. I'm talking jacking up. I'm talking to people for a minute. Every time he goes somewhere, it something's getting jacked up. So stick around. Let's listen to this one. I can't wait.

G 20:30

So so I get there, and it's this like total like yoga, health, you know, all these Dubliners in there, and the hall's pretty cool. I'm gonna show part of the video and stuff, but what this chanting thing is, is like this dude, it's an old white dude from California or Oregon or something. And he's doing a worldwide tour of this chanting and this Kirtan music, and uh his name is uh Kierst uh Kirtin Das. And um he, anyways, basically what they do is they chant something, it's like and then you're supposed to be like, ah da, yeah, yeah, da-da, whoa, whoa, yeah, yeah.

Shawn 21:15

Is that after like three pints?

G 21:17

No, no, it's totally sober, but it's like in the beginning, it was just like this like real like meditative, like humming.

Shawn 21:26

So wait a minute, let me get this right.

G 21:28

So you were channing uh eventually, yeah. So you bought into it. Yeah, I bought into it. I was like, you know, hey, winning room, right? Everybody else in the room was, and then it went to like it starts like picking up. Then you're like, and then like then people start scanning, and it's like Lion King. And you're like, Yeah, like I'm not I'm not doing it any justice, but it was you're getting the idea. So here's the thing that like we both the gal that took me and the and me look all of a sudden it's like getting to the end of the night and then he's like Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, and I'm like, oh shit, what is going on? Now it's like being transformed into this whole religious craziness, and I'm like, Yeah, and and you got these people dancing around, and they're like, Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, and I'm like, okay, time to Uber. I said every time you go somewhere, and so it was uh it was actually we go from fish sperm to Togas. That's right. International traveling is an experience. You're like Austin Powers, but yeah, it was it was you know what for the flight attendant that gave me the tickets, awesome, man. And also the crew that everybody else out there that was helping and they were flexible, they're amazing. Also had to give a shout out to the uh sexy model one that was in the back alley. You know who you are. Anyhow, that was my trip, kind of crazy.

Shawn 23:23

I had I got you're killing me, man. I can't even I I would have loved to seen that.

G 23:29

I got I got video.

Shawn 24:06

Yeah. And uh they were looking for the lead flight attendant. She wasn't she wasn't around. So they're they were getting all this information from the captain, and and uh they were looking for her, she she was nowhere to be found. They they realized she was in the bathroom. Really? Yeah. And she came out of the bathroom, she's like, Oh my god, what's wrong? And she goes, she goes, We we got a problem. And she goes, uh, what were you doing? And they've known each other. She looks at her and she goes, Well, um I thought I I I farted and and I shit myself. Oh shit. And she goes, We got bigger problems than that. She goes, We're diverting. Oh no. And she goes, we have an emergency. She looked at her and she goes, What are you doing? She goes, I put my underwear in the trash. Oh my god. You know, this is this goes the thing. Like, when we're I was just trying to say, Yeah, man, I was dying. I was like, Are you kidding me? I know. Could you imagine just seeing her face? I know. She had shit herself, and then she put her underwear in the trash, she got to go get them out because they might be stuck somewhere.

G 25:18

Oh my god. Listen, I'm gonna tell you, like, that's one of the things that like as a crew member, I'm always thinking, like, you know, first of all, I don't like using these labs unless I have to in an emergency, right? Right? Yeah, I know. Yeah, like I mean, now you got an emergency that you have, and then you got an emergency on top of that, and you have time to respond to your own damn emergency. You're diverting. You know what I got to say about that? Shit.

Engine Fire Video And Flying Fear

Shawn 25:40

Exactly. Hey, man, did you see that delta plane? Did you see that delta plane? Yes. That like the pictures of that was just crazy.

G 25:52

It's unbelievable. So this plane's just taking off, and everybody's like what you know, doing the little filming of a the takeoff, which is super common, and all of a sudden you see that like flash, flash, flash, flash, and then it's just boom. Yeah, and now it's on fire. Yeah, full on fire. Everybody's screaming. Did you hear some of the screams in there? Somebody cocked it, called a cockpit. Yeah, like I'm like, Really?

Shawn 26:15

They know, they know, right? They're shutting it down. They know. Trust me, they're a little busy. Anybody knows is those two that are up there trying to figure out what the hell to do.

G 26:26

Everybody's screaming, everybody's yelling and on the plane. It was wild. Like it, it, it's, it's it's a good video to watch to see what we go through when panic ensues and on the aircraft. And uh, and they they they turned around, and it was funny how the you know, you can hear the captain, he's like, Yeah, yeah, uh, the the radio tower is going, uh evidently you got a fire on your uh left wing. He's like, Yep, um, we're coming back around. Like, just matter of fact.

Shawn 26:54

Yeah, matter of fact. We're just gonna turn this baby around. They had some really good pictures, but it also gives passengers a good idea of what these airplanes can take. Yeah, right? Yeah. I mean, because a lot of times they're they're afraid to fly, and we talked about that on that one of the other podcasts. But when you see an engine fire like that, and you you think you know this is it, and actually, you know, it's not if you got if you got one engine, you're good.

G 27:18

They're good. Yeah, yeah. When you don't have no engine, when you're just real quiet. Now it's a different sort of thing.

Shawn 27:23

Yeah, that glider effect is not one that's when you might see a look from a flight attendant.

G 27:29

Right.

Tolkien Tribute And Tiger Woods Update

Shawn 27:30

Right? Definitely look. So uh also James Tolkien passed away. Remember him, Maverick?

G 27:36

Yeah, man. Right? Yeah, the commander from Maverick.

Shawn 27:40

Yeah, because he said if you if you jack this up because you'll be flying this much, you'll be flying rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong. That was the the the commander of the boat that sent uh Maverick and Goose to Top Gun.

G 27:52

Right.

Shawn 27:53

He said, I have no choice, I gotta send you two to Top Gun. You two, yeah. Yep, and then uh it so I love I missed him. That that guy was really cool. I love that scene. Tiger Woods. Dude.

G 28:06

What's up with Tiger? Problems. Come on, he's got serious problems, man. But I just you know, the update.

Shawn 28:12

This is the second time though, right?

G 28:13

No, third. So this is uh I mean, he's got issues, you know. Obviously, he blew zero on alcohol.

Shawn 28:22

He's getting an extensive array of mugshots, yeah.

G 28:24

Extensive array of mugshots, and uh just today was the video the body cam video came out. Did you see that? No, yeah, so it showed him like he was like kneeling down underground and all this stuff, and they had you know, checking him out, trying to get paramedics and all that stuff to him. But you know, he's got issues. I mean, and so the judge right now, they gave him a DUI, and then they also are letting him leave the country really because he's seeking treatment, so he's treat seeking treatment, he's got a drug problem, he's admitting it to it, all this stuff, and so he's got to go out of the country because he needs privacy and stuff to address this, and he couldn't get that here in the industry.

Shawn 29:02

He had a shitload of operations there, didn't he? Oh yeah, man.

G 29:04

He is, I mean, the last the last accident damn near killed him, right? So yeah. Prayers to Tiger, you know. I hope he gets his shit straight, but it it's like, you know, he's a billionaire, and there's no reason why Tiger shouldn't have a personal driver. You know, like all that shit, like you can give uh you know, give a uh write a whatever that DNA or whatever the stupid uh form is that says that you can't talk about NDA, and then uh you can yeah, you know, he can have a driver standing around 24 hours waiting for him.

Shawn 29:37

Yeah, but when you're when when you have problems like that, you're not really thinking about it, right? I mean, seriously, you you're you're just um you're so consumed by by either the pain, because really and I'll and all honestly, when it comes to pain, if if you have constant pain, all you do is think about what can you take to get rid of that pain. So you don't really know is the if he's in pain on a regular basis, if he has like chronic pain.

G 30:03

Yeah, I mean he had hydrocoding in his uh pocket. Yeah, so it's like he's probably hooked on pain pillar, pain pills and stuff. He's got that jacked up back and all that stuff. I mean, he's got a you know documented issues about his chronic health, you know. So I mean, uh I get it. This can happen. It can happen to anybody. Yeah, but with his type of money, there's so much help out there that he can get and he that he, you know, hopefully he's gonna get.

Shawn 30:28

Yeah, the sad the sad thing this week, they found that uh that missing flight attendant that was in Colombia.

G 30:34

I'm telling you right now, if you're a flight attendant and you are a crew member on an international destination, watch out what you're doing and what countries. And because right now, you know, Americans aren't the most favorite people in the world.

Shawn 30:47

Well, we have talked about it so many times, and this is this is more going out to the crew members specifically. Do not have a false sense of security in any country because you know, you could go out to that club 20 times.

G 31:04

Right.

Shawn 31:05

21st time somebody tracked you and knows who you are and and where you're from, and that might be your last. And and like I said, this is sad. It was a very sad ending.

G 31:15

Yeah.

Shawn 31:15

About, you know, at least, but they at least that they found him. So the questions, you know, that question is answered about where he's at. Right. I mean, so so um watch out what you're doing. Yeah, just just be careful. Watch out. Be careful.

TSA Pay Changes And Shorter Lines

G 31:28

Another pain right now is uh that's actually easing up is uh those TSA lines. Oh, yeah, yeah. You know, I'm glad that they finally started paying them. Yeah, they're not fully paid yet. I talked to some of the TSA friends and stuff out there. Uh they were saying, like, you know, typical red tape, you know, yes, the news is important, we're getting paid, but there's a delay on the pay because they got to get the things pooled back up and all that stuff. Right. So yeah, but things are getting better, they are getting paid, those lines are starting to go down. Um, you know, we got ice in airports still, and they're helping out where they can. Uh, I haven't seen anything that I've seen in the airport personally.

Shawn 32:06

No, but you know, I I think it it it got uh passengers to the airport because they I mean everybody was in the terminal, so I mean it actually worked this time. Yeah, people actually listen, they pay attention. Well, good. Either that or you miss flights.

G 32:20

Right.

Shawn 32:21

All right, all right, guys. So inspirational quote We stress too much for a life that can end at any time. Make sure you live it. He says that to me all the time.

G 32:32

Yeah, dude.

Shawn 32:33

He does. I mean, you say it to me all the time. But I do, I mean, I I do enjoy, I enjoy life every day, good or bad. I love life. Sometimes it's a little harder than others, but it's still life.

G 32:46

But I it's life, but I want to tell you, it's you. I want you to take personal time. Personal time. Life is not at work. I'm gonna levitate. I'll be there to film it.

Shawn 32:59

Levitate. Alright, guys. Hey, you guys have a great week, man. We are gonna see you next week on Cabin Pressure, guys. See you next week. See ya.

G 33:07

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