I've forwarded the link to my son who works for the TSA and asked if he
knows the "true" story. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Chris Barker wrote:
> It sounds like awful over-reaction to me, Chuck
>
> It sounds like a group of clueless people feeling more-than-normally
> clueless and wearing their extra-clueless jackets and ties, led by
> Captain(ess) Super-Clueless and his flight attendant team.
>
> The same flight crew might think little of running a flight with one
> generator out, or perhaps pressing to a more hospitable destination
> with one of their navigation system u/s.
>
> But then ... remember that this is a newspaper, that it's part of News
> International and owned by the same person who owns Fox News in the
> USA. Who knows what the story really was ... ?
>
> I believe less and less in the newspapers these days, but News
> International (Sun, News of the World, Times (London)) is particularly
> bad.
>
> Chris
>
> On 31 Aug 2009, at 00:59, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> An unfortunate story but... has the guy no clue whatsoever that he
>> could
>> be mistaken for sticking a detonating device on a patch of C-4? Some
>> things you just don't do in an airport or airliner. Intelligence and
>> common sense don't necessarily go together.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> John Hudson wrote:
>>> Especially if you are French :-)
>>>
>>> http://preview.tinyurl.com/kvecak
>
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