'member a flight from Bethel to Napakiak (not Napaskiak). There was a strong odor of original pinesol in the airplane. This means an instant headache for me. I made the natural assumption that the pilot had been chewing or drinking or both and covered up the telltale aroma with the overpowering stench of cleanliness. He seemed reasonably compos mentos so I climbed aboard. It's a fifteen minute run and as I exited the pilot was emptying the front cargo compartment which consisted of a Costco sized cardboard box of pinesol bottles, one of which had gone bust.

On another flight from Bethel to Napaskiak (not Napakiak), one of the passengers who may or may not have been drunk, was playing a boombox of REO Speedwagon songs, or something generically no different. Pilot told him to shut the damn thing off or he'd turn around and set 'im down back in Bethel. He had to start the turn in order to be taken seriously (or the other passengers would've started pou nding on the guy anyway).