Posted on 10/08/2001 2:20:55 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
SIREN ON DRUDGE. NOTHING FOLLOWS YET!
LOL! Welcome to the club. I see you understand now my feeling of riding huge 'Titanic' or 'National Jumbo Jet' hoping that the Pilots know what they are doing.
I agree, he's broken stories that nobody would touch *AND* forced the other news outlets to then carry those stories.
I have a problem when he starts throwing stuff out there and feeding into the media frenzy on certain topics (this being a prime example).
I love Drudge though, he's a character and he tries to do the right thing.
LOL! Do you think of me as "Lost in Space"? Danger, Danger, Will Robinson! I loved that show.... It was all true, you know. Yes, yes, it was.
You've got to be kidding me
If Drudge freaked everybody out over that...I love his site, but....that's too much.
We have a friend who is a senior flight attendant with a major airline. A week ago Sunday we asked her what was happening, and what were they doing.
She said the first thing before each flight is a real serious discussion among the flight crew to ferret out a pacifist on that crew. They will not fly with someone who will not fight and if necessary kill a hijacker!
Next if the PCers/ACLUers forces them to put someone on the plane that the crew feels represents a threat, the crew will radio the tower or airport security to get these people off of the plane (yep racial profiling by the crews who don't want to be the next mass murder victims). This has been done, and our PC media ain't telling us about these incidents!
Last but not least, they are making sure that in the first 5 to 6 rows on the aisle seats are guys that weigh in at 180 to 200 lbs. Guys who look like they would be to take care of them selves in an incidence like this one. Anyone who resists being moved to from one of these aisle seats gets a strong message to move their clymer to a window seat or back.
When you hear that 10 passengers took care of this mentally deranged lunatic, the flight attendant's stategy of strong non pacifists in the aisle seats for the first 5 to 6 rows sound like a logical move!
She, also, said that it would be weeks before the doors are changed and the cabins are bullet proofed! That may change after this incident.
Apparently there are just about enough pilots in their union, if not authorized to carry a gun on board, they may go on strike and shut down all airlines until they have permission to cwc!
Thanks again for the quick heads up!
See my reply #49. Some of the flight crews agree with you, but want rough and ready guys 5 to 6 rows back from the cockpit!
Sometimes it seems not really knowing what is going on would be a blessing.
The curse of Free Republic............
Heh heh. I'm with you. I hear those Sony PLaystation thingies are lot's of fun... and I hear they got this thing... outside the house, real bright, yellow, up in the sky, supposed to be real warm and pleasant... maybe I'll check it out soon... yeah... that's it...
You know what the secret is? You just PAY, (or so you think) others to take care of that "nasty little business" of running your country. They think that the life that they enjoy can be purchased with their tax dollars going off to Washington every April, and nothing more. Explains why our country is in the disarray it's in today: too many have had it too good and too easy..."Fiddling while Rome is burning." [End of Rant]
Those people in Belize are going to need a helluva lot of help..140mph winds...and we will be good little citizens of Planet Earth and help them out (I don't mean that sarcastically, we are one of the few countries around that actually cares about others in the world and that's one of the reasons we are such a big target).
For the same reason these deranged scumbags are loose on our streets, in our stores, in our parks and sometimes sizing up our homes!
The beloved ACLU and other Left Wing Extremists have made these deranged scumbags, protected Icons, either as the unbathed so called homeless or as in this case, a good guy if he is on his meds! Many have the wonderful title of "Client used by the mental health industry, social workers industry and of course the lawyer industry!
Oh, I hope your information is accurate. I'd love to be able to sit closer to the front next time I am on a plane. [6', 215#, self-defense instructor] I just can't make myself push everyone else out of the way when the seat-scramble starts, so I usually end up aft of the wings.
hispanarepublicana:
When I say "you," I don't mean you personally. I'm agreeing with you!!...I sometimes long to be one of the Tennis Club Crowd myself. <:-)
Unless you are wearing a turban, a dashiki, an OBL button and speaking Farsi, you would probably go to one of the seats. This friend said that their agents at the loading gates are sizing up the good lads to be seated in the aisle seats.
I'll let you sit on the aisle seat, and I'll be next to you. After you break them up, I'll sit on them and torque a few broken limbs!
Also, just ask for an aisle seat towards the front. I have a feeling that the good big guys like you who fly on a regular basis will get the good profile to get aisle seats as time goes on!
I would like people like you after a good police check get half off on all flights. If there is a first class section, fill it with guys like you first!
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