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Old Jul 20, 2010 | 6:15 pm
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Originally Posted by Spiff
When the blame is placed on "security" or "an abundance of caution" or some similar drivel and the employee(s) in question aren't terminated on the spot (and physically deplaned instead of the passenger), then yes the country is falling apart.
If Mr. Sugarman, the blogger in question, is accurate in describing what occurred, I'm surprised the flight attendant didn't lock herself in the cockpit for security reasons rather than run the risk of being taken hostage by this. I also wonder what her activities consisted of the night before the flight if she truly mistook "are meals being served" for "are there police on the plane?"

Pathetic and sadly plausible.
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