Transpac Next Week -- Heed Terror Warning?

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Aug 1, 2003 | 6:38 am

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Totally over-reacting if you change your plans. Having lived with terrorism in the UK for most of my life, unless there is an explicit warning targetting a specific plane on a specific date, I change nothing.

Enjoy your trans-pac trip!

Aug 1, 2003 | 7:27 am

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People who alter their flight patterns every time CNN spazzes out about a terrorism warning are the same people who buy and sell stocks solely based on those pre-market news announcements. ("Jobless claims up 0.1% this week?" Time to stuff all my money in a mattress.)

The only change Americans should make these days is...watch less TV.

Aug 1, 2003 | 8:35 am

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Well maybe most Americans are right considering those two bombs went off yesterday in Turkey...

Personally I would love to goto Turkey or any other Arab Country and would have no problem going now.

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Originally posted by ozstamps:
Americans are the most paranoid travellers on earth of course, so I have little doubt loads are and will be down.

I was in Turkey 2 weeks ago and tourism is down horrendously as nearly all US tourists cancelled for summer.

Why? Because Turkey is an "Arabic" country. I kid you not. Durrhhh.

You are statistically FAR more likely to be killed in an auto accident to or from any USA airport, anytime, than on or in a plane. But that will not stop the loads shrinking.

And yes .. why is this thread is the UA forum? <IMG SRC="http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif">

Aug 1, 2003 | 9:38 am

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pay no attention to the morons in Washington...

Aug 1, 2003 | 9:48 am

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Quote:

Originally posted by beofotch:
Well maybe most Americans are right considering those two bombs went off yesterday in Turkey...

Two bombs went off in Turkey? Big whoop.

Look at the number of homicides, car accidents, rapes, and other violent, often deadly crimes that have happened in the Atlanta area alone since yesterday! You're safer going to Turkey than you are staying home and doing anything besides hiding under the bed! (mind the dust mites)

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Aug 1, 2003 | 10:35 am

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Quote:

Originally posted by ozstamps:
Americans are the most paranoid travellers on earth of course, so I have little doubt loads are and will be down.

Which explains why I was able to get upgraded on Qantas so easily at the last minute!

No cancellations from me...

Aug 1, 2003 | 11:18 am

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Quote:

Originally posted by ozstamps:
I was in Turkey 2 weeks ago and tourism is down horrendously as nearly all US tourists cancelled for summer.

Why? Because Turkey is an "Arabic" country. I kid you not. Durrhhh.

While I don't doubt for one second that many of my geographically challenged countrymen have no idea that Turkey is part of Europe, I strongly doubt that American tourism in Turkey is down because of a perception that the country is Arabic. Instead, I suspect it has more to do with the fact that Turkey is too close to Iraq for the comfort of many and that Turkey was not viewed very favorably in this part of the world for inhibiting the US military's efforts to establish a northern front in the war. For what it's worth, the stance of the Turkish government appears to have spurred tourism from the Arabic world even as it has caused American's to re-think their plans to visit the country.

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Aug 1, 2003 | 11:33 am

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I say to the hijackers "Bring it on!" You are not going to disrupt my travel plans. If you try to hijack my flight you are gonna wish you could commit suicide cuz I think a few people are going to beat you to within an inch of your life.

Aug 1, 2003 | 5:51 pm

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Quote:

Originally posted by ozstamps:

Americans are the most paranoid travellers on earth of course, so I have little doubt loads are and will be down.

I was in Turkey 2 weeks ago and tourism is down horrendously as nearly all US tourists cancelled for summer.

Why? Because Turkey is an "Arabic" country. I kid you not. Durrhhh.

You are statistically FAR more likely to be killed in an auto accident to or from any USA airport, anytime, than on or in a plane. But that will not stop the loads shrinking.

Quote:

Originally posted by beofotch:

Personally I would love to goto Turkey or any other Arab Country and would have no problem going now.

Perhaps I was being a little too subtle?

Turkey is NOT an Arabic country ... that was actually my point, that I guess you just helped me make.

I was in Istanbul for several days and did not see a single word of Arabic written nor did I hear it spoken, anywhere.

Has not stopped the American tourists cancelling though.

The actual population of Istanbul is about 20 million, no matter what the official figures might say. It is the largest city in Europe by miles.

More folks get killed there each day from getting hit on the head from falling meteors than anything related to terrorism I suspect.

Aug 2, 2003 | 3:12 pm

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Quote:

Originally posted by Spiff:
Look at the number of homicides, car accidents, rapes, and other violent, often deadly crimes that have happened in the Atlanta area alone since yesterday!...

Spiff!!! Now no one would ever come to visit this southern belle in Atlanta!

Frankly, I feel safer in most European cities at night than in my own hometown, sad, but true.

The terror for me to visit S.E. Asia now is the humidity and the unbearable, immense heat, not the hijackers.