[Varley]

One of my younger friends surprised me, over the port and Havana, with the comment that when coming into land (no euphemisms intended) on commercial passenger flights he has to contend with an erection (his own and for which he did not indent) and suggested this is common, with the male of the species devising camouflage techniques to hide the embarrassment while accessing the overhead locker.

He puts this down to the change in pressure. I pointed out that the mechanism is not gas driven but hydraulic and that any effect would have been to decrease the differential pressure blood/cabin. That argument, however, cut no mustard.

Is it perhaps a problem of those who travel steerage? I have avoided travel at my own expense and in my day Supers flew Club where the booze was free and may have countered any inflationary pressures.

Commentary welcomed.