Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for November 30, 2014
Transcript:
Girl: Look at the jet trails up there, Dad. I wonder what kind of adventures the people on those planes are going on... Man: Oh, off to impose themselves on relatives, get their butts handed to them in meetings... Girl: You know, Dad, sometimes it's more fun to talk to mom.
Airliners have very short contrails, so no one is going anywhere. The long-lasting ones are mostly B-52s piloted by chicken colonels and generals during half to full to half moon phases when visibility is good, in order to qualify for flight pay bonus.