And they also blast out frightening symphonic music as they count down.

Fair enough - the cockpit is a sterile/safe environment.


Yes, but the point is that there are noises and actions that people need to just ignore, because they are not dangerous.

I'm also looking for "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut"

how? he cleared security. i would never open up my bag for a fa even if it meant being removed from the plane. none of their business. what if it was something that could cause harm. what would a fa be able to do?

LOL:D

If the easily excited heard the the French or Swedish national anthems being sung by the male and two females mentioned in the OP, and such excited person(s) understood the meaning of those songs, what would be the result? Would it depend on the look of the "male" and two "females"?

Here is a question for you: I have had to check bags in baggage, no pax available, the bag alarmed the CTX. In side is something buzzing. No I don't go around screaming, flapping my arms after I wet my pants. I continue with the bag check. I never bother the buzzing item, which is usually a toothbrush.

After I finish the bag check I repack, leaving said buzzing item on, and send the bag on it's way.

Who here would want a TSO to turn their buzzing item off?

There was a FT thread that touched on this annual report from BHX some time back but I can't find it.

That's the first sensible thing I've heard in a long time. You go in, you do what you are supposed to do and you leave everything else as is.

Exactly. ^

(As a side note, it wouldn't kill people to learn how to pack their shavers and toothbrushes properly).

Toothbrushes get turned on in bags sort of often, surprisingly. And even more surprisingly, many, many people throw, and I do mean throw, all their stuff into the bag. Shoes, dirty underpants, toothbrush, boxed/canned food, adult things all mixed together.

In my experience it is more rare to see a neatly, packed bag, everything in a specific place, held down by straps. Which, I guess, is why things are accidently turned on inside the bag. I couldn't even tell you how many computers are on inside of checked luggage, for example.

Agreed. ;)

Anyone that packs a laptop like that in a checked bag deserves to have it liberated and sold on eBay to someone that has a few brain cells. :p

Unless things are carefully strapped down or else tightly packed it's going to shift anyway.

There is a difference between items shifting around and items tossed/piled into luggage. Many people just seem to dump their stuff onto the bag. I find it strange.

People have asked me "will my back be alright, I have X in there and it is fragile." I just smile, nod and say Yep, fine and dandy.

I have seen how the baggage handlers toss things around.

On a side note, I do not understand why people pack they way they do. I had to search a checked bag and I had the passenger present. They had their prescriptions in there. I asked if they were sure they wanted that. They said yes. I told them the bag could get lost. The passenger considered it for a minute and took them with her.

Gross. :eek: