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Old Jun 28, 2005 | 7:30 am
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Originally Posted by Braddelauter
The reason the Al-El program works so well is they don't identify themselves to anyone. That includes the pretty woman sitting next to them. What you described, it sounds like both of you could have had a nice conversation, without him telling you he was a FAM. Obviously he did this for the one reason, to impress you. I don't think that is justification. Then to discuss the other flights he had that day, I can just say, amazing. Can you imagine a police officer working undercover doing this? Oh, that's right, he was. How many other people had he identified himself to that day, the days previous or since?
1. Isn't the OP married?
2. Is it a big surprise if more than one FAM is obsessed with "scoring" on a "slow-profile" day?

Apparently more than a few FAMs may talk about their flights and (potentially) compromise themselves in the obsessive pursuit of "scoring". They just better hope that OBL and Lorena Bobbit types don't make common ground.

PS. Al-El may be some new Arab airline or something else, but El-Al is an Israeli one.
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