Originally Posted by MJDORD1K
Well studentff, it looks like you were a bit lucky in your ORD experience. Yesterday I was standing at the counter at E2A (United Express) and there was an eight year-old kid with a digital camera taking a couple of pictures of a UX plane in the "new" colors and the "sporty" red tugs that UX uses to push aircraft at this gate. Out of nowhere comes a security "suit" who appears to tell the kid to turn off the camera. Of course the kid complies. A bit later, I happened to be standing next to the kid's father and asked if the "suit" had told the boy to stop taking
Well, maybe the goons at ORD (and I use the term properly, "thug hired to intimidate"), are too afraid to pick on anyone who's not a child.
Yesterday I had 1.5 hours and ORD and time to kill, so I took some more pictures in Terminal 1 B/C and in the Terminal 2 food area and E/F gate area. Nobody said a word. I wore the camera around my neck the whole time too, just to be highly visible. I will continue to do this when I have the opportunity, 1) because I enjoy the photos of airplanes, and 2) as a show of solidarity with camera-toting 8-year-olds.
To relate to my other post in the "scooting" thread, I
was looking for a confrontation at ORD yesterday. More than willing to admit it when I am. But none happened.