# NOT flying together.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-flying-together/307985
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [June 12, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-flying-together/307985 "2005-06-12T18:08:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-flying-together/307985/21 "2005-06-14T12:02:56Z")
You DO live in Tampa, don’t you?
Not yet…but Lou Pinella sure seems intent on crashing and burning.
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### Author:  [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-flying-together/307985/22 "2005-06-14T16:26:58Z")
Friend of mine used to fly for a big outfit and he would make 2-3 round trips to New York from Tulsa in one of the several Falcon-20 Biz jets that they had running big wigs to meeting in the big apple and other places.
All depends on the company and their opinion on and willingness to spend the $$$$.
YMMV
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### Author:  [@JerH](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerH)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-flying-together/307985/23 "2005-06-14T18:00:17Z")
> [@UCDave](#):
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> While it’s true an entire pro sports team has not been wiped out in a crash (that I have found)…
The Italian soccer team Torino Granata all died in a 1949 plane crash.
Cite: [http://www.italystl.com/ra/1965.htm](http://www.italystl.com/ra/1965.htm)
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### Author:  [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-flying-together/307985/24 "2005-06-14T18:27:44Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#):
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> I believe each team lists one player on their roster to be on the “death squad” in case a plane crashes. The name of the player is kept confidential; only the team and the league office knows who it is (to protect the players’ egos). I’m not sure if the names would go into a draft, or if they automatically move to the new city and team.
I don’t understand this post. What is a death squad supposed to do? If the player doesn’t know he’s on it, how does he find out? This makes no sense to me.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Roscoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Roscoe)
#### Post date: [June 15, 2005, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-flying-together/307985/25 "2005-06-15T00:22:54Z")
> [@dangermom](#):
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> I don’t understand this post. What is a death squad supposed to do? If the player doesn’t know he’s on it, how does he find out? This makes no sense to me.
If I’ve understood this correctly, I take it to mean that each team manager or whatever, must nominate one player who, in the event of a disaster _involving a different team_, would be immediately provided to that team. The player does not know, unless the disaster occurs.
So basically Player A plays for Team One. If all of Team Two die, then Team One will let Team Two have Player A to make up for it. And every team has to have a Player A.
That’s what I took it to mean anyway, I may be wrong. More confused now?
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