Missing Flight Attendant's Uniform Creates High Alert

Click on Detroit WDIV ^ | 10:21 a.m. EDT September 25, 2002

[HaveGunWillTravel]

Missing Flight Attendant's Uniform Creates High Alert

Good thing someone is making some noise about it. The uniform probably feels very lonely without her.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The 5 o'clock shadow, turban, and extremely hairly legs would be a dead giveaway. But that would be profiling and verboten. Therefore, the alert will be to look out for someone that couldn't possibly be a terrorist like an 80 year old CMOH winner or a red-haired Army Captain traveling in uniform under orders.

[Hatteras]

I smell a hoax.

"...A United Airline's flight attendant had the day off Saturday and decided to take in a Tiger game."

No one really goes to Tiger games anymore, do they? I guess they could check the guest book to verify her story...

[general_re]

Blatant favoritism - how come nobody calls the damn FBI for a national alert when the dry cleaners lose something of mine? Just because I don't work for the airlines?

[pops88]

Whats the big deal..??

I agree. The stolen uniform incidents seem to me to have the sole purpose of making headlines to put fear in people. I don't find it realistic to think that some unknown person could try to pass for flight crew. I think it would be fairly obvious to the other crew members, esp. when they probably fly the same routes with the same crew.

[Old Professer]

I was in charge of setting all doorlock codes in a hangar at LAX during Gulf Storm; everyone with a "need-to-know" was told not to write the numeric code down and not to tell anyone what it was, I changed it twice in one eight-hour period.

[homeschool mama]

**I know you were only joking above but, given that there have been 19 year old FEMALE suicide (homicide) bombers and given the very large moslem population around the Detroit area, the humor is somehow eluding me. **

bump

[ghost of nixon]

have they checked Algore's closet yet?

[fivecatsandadog]

12 months prior to 9/11/01, if anyone talked about the possibility of terrorists flying planes into the WTC, imagine the public's reaction: "you're nuts", "impossible", etc.. I think we all need to keep an open and creative mind these days. You never know...

[Shermy]

Seems to happen a lot in Detroit...

Terrorists Stealing Airline Uniforms and Credentials, Pilot Group Says (July 3)

[TamiPie]

That - or an inside job...

[archy]

the flight attendant is still around, but the uniform has disappeared

Must... resist... jokes....

Somewhere in here perhaps?

[homeschool mama]

**You never know...**

You're right. :o.

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

Article says the SUV was "broken into", so sounds like it was locked. Not in the report, but I can imagine that the uniform was hanging from one of those hooks over a backseat window. Still seems weird, tho, like someone knew where to go and what to take. A kid looking for a Halloween costume wouldn't bother with the book, ID, etc..

They are probably casing airports looking for cars with uniforms inside, just like this one. I have also heard of uniforms stolen from hotel rooms. Probably followed the pilot/attendant from the airport and waited until they left the room for dinner, etc. No doubt in my mind that there are active cells throughout the country that are still preparing logistics for future aircraft hijackings. When is the FedGov going to get off it's silly PC ass and ARM THE FREAKING PILOTS!!! GeeeZ, what morons!