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Old Jul 28, 2004, 7:40 am
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Originally Posted by ozstamps
Gotta agree .. Bruce you are totally off the mark here. The Captain has admitted it was 100% HIS call, and made AFTER consulting with UA who backed his call. Australia had nothing to do with it.

The fact it cost us a million bucks in lost productivity and p!ssed off 100,000 peak hour commuters tells you that much.
Please sue us. (I'm serious) It's the only way people will learn to take responsible for their knee-jerk, Chicken Little responses to "security" matters.

A huge fine might convince people to stop seeing imaginary terrorists in every lav and seat-back pocket.
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