Comments on: Financial Advice From the In-Flight Safety Handbook https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/ Money | Minimalism | Mohawks Tue, 08 May 2018 11:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-21535 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 22:29:28 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-21535 Very interesting – 4-5 mins is def. way off of the 7-9 seconds, pretty cool hearing your inside scoop :) sorry to hear about that loan :( i just lent a friend $5,000 and i’m def. expecting to get that back! and if not, well, I learned my lesson once and for all… fingers crossed though – for both of us ;)

]]> By: Beth https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-21477 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:16:16 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-21477 Just wanted to respond to Kerry’s post. I was in the military in a capacity that required me to fly with the aircraft. As such, I had to attend annual training in the altitude chamber – wherin they simulate typical cruising altitude, then remove the cabin pressure. Everyone responds differently to this scenario, but everyone I ever was in training with lasted a good 4-5 minutes before they absolutely needed their oxygen masks. Not to say that symptoms don’t start at 7-9 seconds, but you do not pass out that quickly.

Anyway, great post Brad – and I wish I had taken this advice before lending my sister yet another $500 about 6 months ago. She still has not paid me back and probably never will…

]]> By: J. Money https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-20589 Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:33:32 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-20589 Thanks for hookin’ us up while I was gone Brad! Always count on ya, brotha :)

]]> By: Debt Donkey https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-19783 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 04:58:17 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-19783 Very creative analogy, and a very true point! I’ve often forgotten to “pay myself first” in the journey to be debt free. Thanks for the entertaining read.

]]> By: CityFlips https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-19631 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:30:41 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-19631 Cool to hear other people’s opinions. Sounds like we’re all on the same page! Yay for that!

]]> By: Brad Chaffee https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-19623 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:38:42 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-19623 @ Kerry – Yeah 7-9 second doesn’t seem like very much time to safe yourself and your children and that is a GREAT thing to know if it ever did happen. LOL

@ Crystal – People often guilt themselves into helping others even if their own situation is in dire need of help. (It’s tough to point out that they should stop) Most of the reactions I got when suggesting this with clients was emotional. “How can I just let my parents suffer?” My question is this. Why do you think it is your fault your parents are suffering and why should you put yourself in danger just to help someone them out?

Help yourself, and you can help others a WHOLE LOT EASIER. :-)

]]> By: Crystal https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-19619 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:22:00 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-19619 I loved this post at Enemy of Debt and I enjoyed seeing it again! Most of the stressful drama in life could be avoided if people worked on saving themselves before jumping in to save others. :-)

]]> By: Kerry https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-19611 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:49:07 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-19611 This is interesting, but I thought I should tell you why (at least this is what my pilot husband told me)… if the oxygen masks come down, you only have 7 – 9 seconds before you pass out. If you don’t help your kids, then you all pass out and there’s no one to help.

Now, obviously I know that this piece is NOT about this, but I thought that I’d tell ya the true reason! (I also think that airlines should tell us this – wouldn’t you want to know to try to stay calm or at least hold your breath!?!)

]]> By: Emily https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-19607 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:41:49 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-19607 This is spot on. It’s worse when you get into a church that guilt-trips you into giving into their building fund…and then the building never happens…uh-oh, did I just say that publicly?

]]> By: Brad Chaffee https://eliteedgemoney.com/financial-advice-from-the-in-flight-safety-handbook/#comment-19601 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 18:46:01 +0000 https://staging.eliteedgemoney.com/?p=7315#comment-19601 @ Michelle – It gets even tougher when a family gives money to help their parents pay a light bill when they are struggling to pay their own. It’s definitely hard to say no to your parents or any close family for that matter, but it really boils down to figuring out if your help is really helping or prolonging the struggle. It’s amazing how some people can find ways to help themselves when they are forced too. As long as they are being helped they have no reason to even try. This creates a huge wall of resentment that eventually tears down relationships.

You are definitely in a tough situation. Good luck to you and your family.

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