joelfreak

Ugh...this is getting ridiculous.
http://www.ajc.com/travel/content/tr..._jet_blue.html

Jaimito Cartero

Just think if it was something like an Alka Seltzer. Oh, the world is coming to an end!

voop

No, it's been ridiculous for a while now, all in the name of a song and dance to calm irrational and collective national paranoia....

AusEuroFlyer

Paranoia is exactly the right word. Unfortunately, in my view, this is how we ended up letting terrorists win - by turning a rather large number of people rather paranoid and irrational. I see this as a terribly sad state of affair.

GoGiants

I think the idiot "blonde woman" that start started this whole mess should be banned from flying. What a country of sheep we've become. OBL is laughing in his cave.

flyingfkb

Hey this guy has a small beard and dark hair. He puts something into a water bottle. My god he must be a terrorist. No doubt.

Unbelievable story.

CosmosHuman

This is just plain wrong. Are we reverting back to the paranoia of the 1950's? Thank G-d I wasn't alive back then.
But Airborne? I also imagine Fizzies and mixes you add to water are also verboten now. This is just plain silly.

whirledtraveler

No someone needs to sue the living f--- out of her.

They didn't ever pass that immunity for paranoids bill, did they?

sailman

The article reminded me of an incident I was involved in a few years ago. My doctor prescribed an inhalator for a breathing problem (pre 3.4-1-1). The medication was in a small under 3 ounce metal container. Due to its size there was no room to attach the RX label, but the manufacturer and type of medication was clearly marked.

As the X-ray machine identified the suspicious object, an agent pulled the inhalator from my bag and advised that I could not travel with the medicine. After the usual back and forth, I was then left with the decision, do I surrendor the medicine and hope I do not have a respitory attack while on board and/or at my desitination, or do I not take the flight?

There is the added potential complication that if I surrendering control of a prescribed control substance would I be violating FDA laws and regulations.

Fortunately, I opted not to take the flight. This wisdom was borne out by a report this passed year of some flights carrying defective or empty oxygen bottles.

I realize that this is very unAmerican, but sometimes I feel I have to put my own security before those of others. My appologies to my fellow fliers.

Stay the curse.

Wally Bird

No, just charged with filing a false police report. A few well-publicised examples of sheep being punished for bleating might put a stop to this cr@p, but I guess the cops have been brainwashed too that anything involving the BIG S WORD is exempt from the laws of the land.

My mind is all out of boggle.

YCTTSFM

Good idea. We've got to move away from this "'Guilty' until proven 'Looked kinda suspicious so don't do it again'" mentality.

How about "interfering with flight crew," plus whatever statutes relate to all the financial damage caused by delaying the flight?

goalie

"plop plop fizz fizz...."

to the pax who "saw something suspicious" what a bunch of f*ng paranoid sheep you are

now from the article:
the answer is simple...if it was a real twr'wrist and not one with an upset stomach or taking a sleeping pill, they would have blown the plane before it arrived back at the gate-what a dumb-a$$ comment by a sheep

(sorry folks, i'm cranky as i got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning)

Fredd

Disgraceful!

I commend the reporter for writing in such a restrained and objective manner after undergoing this experience.

If I were he, I'd also be wondering if I'd been singled out because of my "suspicious" appearance.

Global_Hi_Flyer

I don't. He should have slammed the authorities for 1) treating him like a criminal, and 2) letting the woman off scott-free.

It's only when we stand up for our rights and freedoms that it will start to make a difference.... and the value of a free press is to stand up to the abuses of government.

He is just another sheeple as far as I'm concerned.

LessO2

And if everyone did, it'd be the TSA's worst nightmare.