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The_Jazz · 01-03-2009, 07:35 AM

As you all know, I fly a LOT (86 flights last year, as best I can count). And yes, every passenger in the post 9/11 world has the duty to step up and say something in the event that they see something suspicious.

And they have the duty to think twice when they hear something.

Honestly, if I'd been on that flight, when we reboarded the plane after being paraded past the "terrorists", I would have sought out the person that "reported" what was said and smacked them in the back of the head. I really hope that there is a record of who reported the family to the airline so that that individual can receive constant reminders that they are, in fact, a complete moron. Terrorists do no travel with young children. The center of the plane is the most structurally sound.

Xerxys, if you (or anyone else) pointed at me and said, "I don't feel comfortable flying with him", my reaction would be that I really don't feel comfortable flying with you (or whomever) because you're probably one of those people that's going to want to go for a stroll through the emergency exit at 30,000 feet. I've been on one plane with one of those types - it's not going to happen again. And you know what, I never would have thought that guy was a threat since he didn't act odd until we were up in the air.

Really, AirTran should be ashamed of themselves for not immediately rebooking the family. It sounds like they might actually be according to the latest I heard (refunded the tickets, offered to pick up the USAir tickets AND fly them back from Orlando for free), but they still look like idiots. The thing is that they did the prudent thing by pulling these folks off the flight when they heard from a passenger that there might be a threat - I don't have a problem with that, per se, but they obviously missed that the reporter was a complete moron.

01-03-2009, 07:35 AM	#11 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	As you all know, I fly a LOT (86 flights last year, as best I can count). And yes, every passenger in the post 9/11 world has the duty to step up and say something in the event that they see something suspicious. And they have the duty to think twice when they hear something. Honestly, if I'd been on that flight, when we reboarded the plane after being paraded past the "terrorists", I would have sought out the person that "reported" what was said and smacked them in the back of the head. I really hope that there is a record of who reported the family to the airline so that that individual can receive constant reminders that they are, in fact, a complete moron. Terrorists do no travel with young children. The center of the plane is the most structurally sound. Xerxys, if you (or anyone else) pointed at me and said, "I don't feel comfortable flying with him", my reaction would be that I really don't feel comfortable flying with you (or whomever) because you're probably one of those people that's going to want to go for a stroll through the emergency exit at 30,000 feet. I've been on one plane with one of those types - it's not going to happen again. And you know what, I never would have thought that guy was a threat since he didn't act odd until we were up in the air. Really, AirTran should be ashamed of themselves for not immediately rebooking the family. It sounds like they might actually be according to the latest I heard (refunded the tickets, offered to pick up the USAir tickets AND fly them back from Orlando for free), but they still look like idiots. The thing is that they did the prudent thing by pulling these folks off the flight when they heard from a passenger that there might be a threat - I don't have a problem with that, per se, but they obviously missed that the reporter was a complete moron. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo