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Originally Posted by bocastephen
The reporter who initially crafted the 'list' of banned items this passenger had from their own imagination needs to be tossed under a bus.
1) the "airport spokesman" who seems to have crafted the list 2) the journalist(sic) who took it as gospel 3) every other outlet who picked up it off the wire and ran without checking 4) well, we won't go into who qualifies for number 4 :o Naccara (BOS FSD) said he did not believe any items she was carrying were the cause of the outburst. An airport spokesman previously said the woman was carrying lotion, a screw driver and matches, but backed off the statement, and Naccara said it wasn't true. |
Originally Posted by Javan69
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Why in friggin' Hell do claustrophobic people take long haul flights??? :confused: |
Originally Posted by g_leyser
Umm, actually the fighter jets are sent to escort the plane so that they can easily shoot it out of the sky before a terrorist can crash it into a skyscraper/White House/etc.
I am NOT kidding. That's why they do it. |
CNN: "No Link To Terrorism" in UA flight diverted to Boston.
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Originally Posted by Wally Bird
How do you know when a "spokesperson" is lying ?
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Originally Posted by xyzzy
...the same way you can tell a politician is lying. His lips are moving.
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Boy i can't wait for the all witty one liners here when a flight is diverted to the bottom of the atlantic by this non-existant threat.
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http://www.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/08/16....ap/index.html NO SCREWDRIVER Simple case of clausterphobia. The natural repsonse? Send up fighter jets (presumably in case they need to shoot down the plane?!?!), divert to BOS, dump all suitcases on the tarmac (check CNN for pix), search bags, waste all pax time. Again, why? Because a woman got clausterphobia. |
Don't UA crews have a long standing history or diverting flights for the dumbest reasons (the aforementioned Japanese businessman on PS, among other examples) as well as deplaning passengers whose appearance 'makes the crew' nervous?
Maybe I need to rethink my support for that CO/UA merger :( Their crews need to stop being nervous nellies and start using logic and training to figure out the difference between a real threat, a passenger who is out of bounds, and a passenger with a condition that requires other means of intervention - such as someone having a nervous or claustrophic reaction. Lucky for the woman and those sitting nearby the FAMs didn't turn around in their business class seats and start shooting into coach to stop the commotion. |
Originally Posted by flyinryan
(crossing fingers!) PLEASE let there be an FT'er on this flight!
Hoping here too! |
Originally Posted by UMassCanuck07
I believe the UA crew made the decision to land the plane in BOS. So I guess they are idiots eh? Do you know what the situation was like on the plane FWAAA? Were you there? No. So don't assume that it was an overreaction. Maybe it wasn't "terrorism" but it could have been another type of serious situation.
The overreaction was caused by idiots. The decision to divert the flight happens all the time. Nothing stupid about that at all. The overreaction by the idiots in charge? Fighter jets; detention of all pax; tarmac sniffing of all bags; this tidbit: A female passenger aboard United Flight 923 had Vaseline, a screw driver, matches and a note referencing al-Qaida, according to Phil Orlandella, spokesman for Boston's Logan International Airport. |
Originally Posted by Darby
Boy i can't wait for the all witty one liners here when a flight is diverted to the bottom of the atlantic by this non-existant threat.
Or did you mean the ANG F-16 drivers ? |
Originally Posted by UMassCanuck07
how the hell does the media turn a claustrophic and disruptive PAX into one having a screwdriver, vaseline and an AQ note?
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Originally Posted by justageek
Again, why? Because a woman got clausterphobia.
Can't double their budget next year without some major good deeds under their belts. Anyone care to guess the size and scope of the terrorist ring that will be broken up the third week of October? |
Originally Posted by Darby
Boy i can't wait for the all witty one liners here when a flight is diverted to the bottom of the atlantic by this non-existant threat.
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