Two flights get fighter escort on Sunday

[hollohas]

I just think it would have been big news that domestic flights got fighter escorts...seems like everyone handled it professionally.

I actually like the fact that the flight crews were paying attention close enough to feel like something was suspicious and called it in. Good for them.

Edit: I fly Frontier every week. They must encourage their flight crews to do this so one more "good job" from Hollohas.

[Mtn.man]

Wear a diaper and shit in your pants.

[sniper7]

Wear a diaper and shit in your pants.

This is my advice. I am waiting for the day where you have to pay to use the overhead bin, pay to use the bathroom, pay to recline your seat.

People want to find the cheapest tickets possible which is understandable, but they also don't think about what kind of service they are getting and what it would cost them if they had to drive and the amount of time they would lose.


as to the article, I'm glad they questioned her. I have had a woman spend almost 1.5 hours in a lav before making lots of noise. she ended up coming out and was extremely sick...had she alerted us ahead of time we could have diverted to get her help but she just stayed in their, miserable and forced everyone else to wait, luckily all with success.

I have flown with a guy who a long time ago had a flight attendant come one day to work and flew as a man, then next morning he was a woman and worked as a woman

[Graves]

I did catch that on the news the other day.

[Bailey Guns]

Yeah? Well all of the 9/11 hijackers were brown, too. Too fuckin' bad. In this day and age I have to put up with a lot of shit just because I choose to fly.

If you're brown and a flight crew thinks you're suspicious for whatever reason and you have to be inconvenienced a bit, tough shit. Deal with it.

[Byte Stryke]

Yeah? Well all of the 9/11 hijackers were brown, too. Too fuckin' bad. In this day and age I have to put up with a lot of shit just because I choose to fly.

If you're brown and a flight crew thinks you're suspicious for whatever reason and you have to be inconvenienced a bit, tough shit. Deal with it.

Agreed, we will have people at your house rifling your shit soon because of crimes committed by cantankerous old white Fuckers.




I think its a knee-jerk reaction by people that expect the nanny-state to make us safe...

even against brown people pooping

[DOC]

I think her being questioned because of her skin color was all in her own head. They didn't do that to every brown or black person on the plane. Just her and maybe her seat mates. But the strip search and questioning could have very well been because of her behavior and the fact that past terrorists have hidden bombs just about anywhere nobody looks. That is learning from past mistakes. Not racial profiling.

[clublights]

I think her being questioned because of her skin color was all in her own head. They didn't do that to every brown or black person on the plane. Just her and maybe her seat mates. But the strip search and questioning could have very well been because of her behavior and the fact that past terrorists have hidden bombs just about anywhere nobody looks. That is learning from past mistakes. Not racial profiling.

AFTER the plane lands in Detroit............

Pretty piss poor terrorist if she can't even mange to blow up the plane .

Fine take the skin color out of it ..............

your saying that it is ok to yank some one out of the plane .. after it makes it to it's destination ... and strip search em ??

how about if your just cruising along in the light rail .... it's crowded .. the guy you happen to sit next to ( since it was the only seat ) is acting .. odd... so your fellow passengers call up the coppers... and they yank you off the train too .. then strip search you . 9then ask you questions... thats all good in your book ?

[hollohas]

I do agree with flight crews calling in suspicious activity and authorities subsequently questioning people. But if a strip search was done that was out of line in this case.

But overall a good job IMO. Less TSA and more of this type of prevention is fine by me.

Too long in bathroom = trip to strip search town??? I guess the "Mile High Club" won't be accepting any more members...darn.

[Ronin13]

Reminds me of the Hangover:
Alan Garner: Gambling? Who said anything about gambling? It's not gambling when you know you're gonna win. Counting cards is a foolproof system.
Stu Price: It's also illegal.
Alan Garner: It's not illegal. It's frowned upon, like masturbating on an airplane.
Phil Wenneck: I'm pretty sure that's illegal too.
Alan Garner: Yeah, maybe after 9/11, where everybody got so sensitive. Thanks a lot, bin Laden.