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I just found out my wife has an early morning flight booked for, of all dates, September 11, 2011. That's right, the ten year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Just seems like she could have picked a different day to fly. Know what I mean?
tmleadr03
08-14-2011, 16:14
Maybe a little bit. But it would depend on where she was flying from and to.
BPTactical
08-14-2011, 16:18
I would be more worried of the TSA "group grope".
Maybe a little bit. But it would depend on where she was flying from and to.
Not New York. I guess that's a plus.
I would be more worried of the TSA "group grope".
Sometimes a good grope is kinda nice... especially in a public place. [ROFL1]
I do bet security will be crazy stupid on that day. I hope she gets there plenty early.
tmleadr03
08-14-2011, 16:27
New York, any of the airports servicing DC area, honestly East or West coast would be more likely then any of the fly over states including Denver, CO.
DD977GM2
08-14-2011, 16:31
Id say of all days, that will be a day where folks are more alert in their jobs and will do a much better day of security checks etc.
I wouldnt worry at all with the exception of not being home that particular day.
I try to be home with the family on every 9-11 if I possibly can.
Yes I would.
I'd ask her to change the date.
My buddy is getting MARRIED on that day.. apparently, it was the ONLY day that venue had for over a year.. DUH!
ps - the wedding is in Maryland.. so i'm not sure we'd be in DC much..but.. still..
I'm not so sure I can watch my buddy hand his balls to this girl.. [Bang]
I wouldn't worry at all.
Ya know, that is the other thing. We can't go changing our lives to accommodate a bunch of terrs.
I didn't put enough thought into my previous answer.
Just to clarify, I am not really worried about anything happening. Just seems like of all the times to pick to fly the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks seems like a strange day to book a flight.
Just to clarify, I am not really worried about anything happening. Just seems like of all the times to pick to fly the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks seems like a strange day to book a flight.
Yeah.. you wonder why the venue for the wedding had ONE day open... and was booked out 1yr+? hmmm..
It's pretty funny. I'm not worried about anything happening..but.. I can't even take a gun w/ me...
Just to clarify, I am not really worried about anything happening. Just seems like of all the times to pick to fly the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks seems like a strange day to book a flight.
Did she get a good price?
Only two things I care about when I have to fly: How much and how early.
Regardless of where you depart from and where you fly to, the later the flight is in the day, the odds increase you will be delayed, bumped, or canceled. If given the choice, I would almost always rather drive. I am flying to Baltimore on September 10th, but that is because the fare was cheaper on Saturday than Sunday.
I hope your wife has a good trip.
Ill probably be flying that day.
Chad4000
08-14-2011, 22:35
An airliner attack won't happen ever again.. The jig is up.. If it happens again, it will be something else
An airliner attack won't happen ever again.. The jig is up.. If it happens again, it will be something else
Probably right. That would be too obvious. Probably will be some big biological or chemical attack of some sort. Probably contaminate the water supply in a major city with millions of people.
SA Friday
08-15-2011, 09:16
Most domestic terrorism is anniversary centric; OK city bombing was anniversary of Branch Dividian raid. Stuff like that. Some of the older europian terrorist groups were anniversary centric, some were not. South American terrorist organizations, well who cares...
Al Qaeda, absolutely NOT anniversary centric. They never use dates as a significant factor for their planning or attacks. Makes sense though when you think about it. Their calendar is different than ours. Shes safer flying on the anniversary than any other day IMO.
SA Friday
08-15-2011, 09:22
An airliner attack won't happen ever again.. The jig is up.. If it happens again, it will be something else
Al Qaeda absolutely loves to repeat it's tactics of a successful attack. Consistently over the last 10 years, al Qaeda has shown that once a tactic is successful, they will try to reproduce the attack. This stems mostly from the higher echelon planners being able to train new sacrificial retards through rote memorization.
I wouldn't worry, the TSA is on the job!
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qkGQqOHNTXE/TW8T8E-FZ1I/AAAAAAAAAA4/f3j2wzCXiow/TSA-agent-asleep-labelled.jpg
{/ lala land}
She's still safer on a plane than driving in a car.
I will say, airline probably ok, but that date, there is intelligence out there that suggests that AQ wants to do some sort of attack on the 10th Anniversary, but there is nothing to suggest what/where/how yet. Will we be on our toes a little more that day? Yes. But I agree that air travel has become such a pain in the ass that terrorists will be less likely to try that (they probably hate the TSA as much as us!). Seeing as how 9/11 falls on a Sunday this year, I would be more worried about a church or some other type of Judeo/Christian/Catholic facility being attacked (target of opportunity type of thing).
All in all, don't worry too much... no need to press her to change the flight- that's a bit costly anyway.
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