[wiggen]

how much exactly does it cost to scramble those jets? what exactly are they going to be doing up there?

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Travelers need to understand that unless the idiot making a ruckus on the plane is subdues, the ANG will shoot you down.

Start kick @$$ and taking names, America!

[little jeremiah]

I want his name and country of origin or parents’ country of origin. And if he visted mosques ever in his lifetime.

When they won’t divulge names I get antsy.

[death2tyrants]

I'll sue you and your whole damn airline!

[SaraJohnson]

Seeing as the “SOLUTION” to every terrorist problem on an airplane is to molest normal people harder and deeper each time, what are they going to do to us in the name of a drunk passenger? Breatherlizers before boarding? No more bathrooms on planes or no more doors on the bathrooms?

We have been cursed with the most incompetent, twisted and craven elite in the Nation’s history.

[Cobra64]

"The man was thought to be intoxicated and locked himself in the bathroom."

[omega4179]

Its reassuring to know our Government would shoot us down to stop one drunk. ANY sacrifice to be safe is worth it.

[EBH]

I’ve been thinking about all these scrambled jets. On one hand it is good, show of force kinda’ thing. The other hand...what are they gonna do if, IF, it is a real crisis?

Folks, they will fire on that plane. Everyone on board will die. A couple hundred lives vs. thousands. Escort the plane my backside. The minute one of these airliner’s pilots fails to respond appropriately, the plane will be shot down.

Your life is not in the pilot’s hands on that plane. It is in your hands and every freedom loving person on your flight. When all the government security BS has failed, it still comes down to one thing, us or them.

What are you prepared to do? I know it has been a long time since some of us talked to our family, but as these incidents escalate I want my kids, nephews/nieces, etc. to know if something goes wrong...I fought for my life, my fellow passengers lives, and for those on the ground so they wouldn’t see another 9/11. And, if the government decided to shoot my plane down; rest assured I would have wanted it that way, should I fail.

[vox_freedom]

maybe his underwear was tied in a knot.

[Tunehead54]

Drunk or not I always lock the bathroom door on a plane - then it says “Occupied” outside ... just saying this isn’t really that suspicious ... ;-)

[Fizzie]

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=130396&catid=339
Stop the Presses...the guy’s name is Muhammad Abu Tahir.

[Red Steel]

Oh no the Amish again! /sarc

[NowApproachingMidnight]

they are testing for week spots take them the f''' out Obama you twit

[Girlene]

NORAD scrambles again over unruly passenger

43 Highschoolers on board.

Man was drunk, locked himself in the bathroom, then starts threatening stewardess, pushing finger in her face.

Flight attendants asked some passengers to help if needed, handed out plastic cuffs to a few if they needed help.

Passengers didn't think it was a terrorist threat. Never knew there were fighter jets escorting them.

[G8 Diplomat]

These attacks or “unruly” Muslim passengers are popping up EVERY DAY! This never happened under Bush. But now that the big 0 is in, domestic cells surface and airline incidents start happening. Something big is coming. It’ll probably come out of a cell in Yemen. The Vancouver Olympics are coming up....

[KTM rider]

So instead of profiling Arabs , the contingency plan is to shoot down a commercial passenger plane and kill about 300 innocents

just in case that plane may be headed for a Capitol building somewhere in order to save some precious politicians

please please please make it the white house or halls of congress and not a sports stadium or school

[Robert Lomax]

Trial balloon....get drunk, lock yourself in the bathroom to see what the reaction/response is??????

[CincyRichieRich]

Likely a trial balloon by CAIR or other terrorist sponsor group. Can’t we all just drive our Priuses and have “Coexist” bumper stickers on our cars?