[TangoLimaSierra]

If they want me that bad, send air tickets or even a chauffeur. I think something’s missing here.

I think what's missing is you others on here who didn't bother to read the article. (I know. A Freeper tradition).

He said they offered to fly him down.

[lee martell]

If he had accepted their air tickets, he would probably still be sitting at the airport, trying to ‘straighten out the confusion’ about the tickets. It was a trap door, waiting for him to step on it in some manner.