Apparently the letters TSA stand for...

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First the gropes, now this... Link
 
"Out of an abundance of caution, NORAD scrambled F-16 jets to shadow the flight until it landed safely at DTW at approximately 3:30 PM EDT. Law enforcement met the flight, which was brought to a remote area of the airport."

Good grief. This is far more out of control than I could have ever imagined.
 
But...but...

you'll soon get to keep your shoes on.

OTOH

You'll still get a "freedomoscopy"
 
Must have been the groaning in the Lav, Bill. Heavens knows what the two of them might have been doing in there (pointing finger and tapping foot)!

Not the kind of rockets bursting in air the amorous couple probably had in mind <g>. F-16s, guns drawn, pac escorted off and segregated sounds like overkill, but that couple sure picked a touchy day on which to show their affections ( 9/11).

Best,

Dave
 
A little strange that this also happened today ...
Military jets escort LAX-to-JFK plane after disturbance

September 11, 2011 | 2:38 pm

"Though the details of the disturbance were unclear, three passengers apparently locked themselves in a bathroom and were still inside when the plane landed. The disturbance does not appear to be terrorism related, the Associated Press reported."
 
iflyatiger said:
A little strange that this also happened today ...
Military jets escort LAX-to-JFK plane after disturbance

September 11, 2011 | 2:38 pm

"Though the details of the disturbance were unclear, three passengers apparently locked themselves in a bathroom and were still inside when the plane landed. The disturbance does not appear to be terrorism related, the Associated Press reported."
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There were at least 4 diversions due to "bathroom" hysteria. 2 Frontier, one American, and one Southwest. I think there may be a few others.

Next thing you know, the TSA will be screening your bladders.... :eek:
 
Brings this to mind <g>

Best,

Dave
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Airline Mottos

A guy is sitting in the bar in departures at Hong Kong Airport.

A beautiful woman walks in and sits down at the table next to him, he deduces that because she's got a uniform on, she's probably an off duty flight attendant. So he decides to have a go at picking her up by identifying the airline she flies for in an attempt to impress her greatly.

He leans across to her and says the Delta Airlines motto: " We love to fly and it shows ".

The woman looks at him blankly.

He sits back and thinks up another line. He leans forward again and delivers the Air France motto: "Winning the hearts of the world".

Again she just stares at him with a slightly puzzled look on her face.

Undeterred, he tries again , this time saying the Malaysian Airlines motto: "Going beyond expectations".

The woman looks at him sternly and says;
" What the f**k do you want?"

"Ah!" he says, sitting back with a smile on his face, “Qantas”!!!​
 
iflyatiger said:
"Though the details of the disturbance were unclear, three passengers apparently locked themselves in a bathroom and were still inside when the plane landed. The disturbance does not appear to be terrorism related, the Associated Press reported."
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That right there makes me suspicious. When was the last time you were in an aircraft lav that had enough space for 3 people? Well, some 777 or 747 lavs, but a typical single aisle jet? Not going to happen.
 
wsuffa said:
There were at least 4 diversions due to "bathroom" hysteria. 2 Frontier, one American, and one Southwest. I think there may be a few others.

Next thing you know, the TSA will be screening your bladders.... :eek:
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I live under left downwind of Moffett Federal Airfield, and both yesterday and today, I heard jet fighters pouring on the coal like they had to be somewhere RIGHT NOW.
 
Ghery said:
That right there makes me suspicious. When was the last time you were in an aircraft lav that had enough space for 3 people? Well, some 777 or 747 lavs, but a typical single aisle jet? Not going to happen.
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Maybe they were three REALLY small people, and one (or two) got sucked in?
 
Three people in the bathroom...

Formation flight closing, looking for signs of trouble...

And all I can think of is...

"Two's up!" ;)

(Nooooo. Booooo. Hisssss. I'm bad.)
 
One of those missions flew over my roof. I woke up this morning to the sound of F-16s flying overhead.

I dreaded turning on the TV to find out what was up.

Can we guess that all airliner personell were alerted to watch for suspicious use of the lav like "staying in too long" and more than one person going potty at once?
 
TSA: Proudly protecting America from Mr. Hankey....
 
mikea said:
One of those missions flew over my roof. I woke up this morning to the sound of F-16s flying overhead.

I dreaded turning on the TV to find out what was up.

Can we guess that all airliner personell were alerted to watch for suspicious use of the lav like "staying in too long" and more than one person going potty at once?
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Constipation is a crime.
 
How many tax dollars are wasted as DHS and other gov't entities engage in stupid hysteria to justify their over blown budgets?
 
who won the war on terror again?

The FBI agent sums it up pretty well

"Due to the anniversary of Sept. 11, all precautions were taken, and any slight inconsistency was taken seriously," Berchtold said. "The public would rather us err on the side of caution than not."
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I guess that means I'm not the public because i certainly would rather them not err on the side of caution (government overreaction), guess they have to keep telling themselves that to justify their existence.

You also have to wonder WTF they thought they were doing AFTER the flight made an uneventful landing???? Oh they sent 2 F-16s to escort the plane, guess they don't trust TSA either....
 
bartmc said:
who won the war on terror again?

The FBI agent sums it up pretty well



I guess that means I'm not the public because i certainly would rather them not err on the side of caution (government overreaction), guess they have to keep telling themselves that to justify their existence.

You also have to wonder WTF they thought they were doing AFTER the flight made an uneventful landing???? Oh they sent 2 F-16s to escort the plane, guess they don't trust TSA either....
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Went to Washington D.C. a couple weeks ago - ended up driving. My daughter was afraid to fly commercially.



She was afraid of the TSA / screening.
 
bartmc said:
who won the war on terror again?

The FBI agent sums it up pretty well



I guess that means I'm not the public because i certainly would rather them not err on the side of caution (government overreaction), guess they have to keep telling themselves that to justify their existence.
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The usual meaning of erring on the side of caution does not include hysterical overreaction that is out of proportion to the actual threat.
 
One of the heads of this stuff was in front of Congress today for a pre-scheduled Homeland Security review...

One of the Congresscritters ask 'em "What happened to that credible threat in NYC on 9/11?"

Paraphrasing here because I heard his reply while I was driving...

"Just because nothing happened doesn't mean we should quit."

Pretty much sums up their attitude.
 
denverpilot said:
..."Just because nothing happened doesn't mean we should quit."

Pretty much sums up their attitude.
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And the flip side is "You don't know how many attacks we prevented."

My lucky rabbit's foot kept away the dragons, too.

Oh. And when there is an attack it only happened because you dared to ask questions, denied our full budget request, listened to those whiney aviation and civil liberties groups and made us get warrants and stuff.
 
mikea said:
And the flip side is "You don't know how many attacks we prevented."

My lucky rabbit's foot kept away the dragons, too.

Oh. And when there is an attack it only happened because you dared to ask questions, denied our full budget request, listened to those whiney aviation and civil liberties groups and made us get warrants and stuff.
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It's impossible to play this smart unless the general public really understands what's going on.

If you're a smart person, you might say "Ok, this was a tragedy, but we won't change our way of life". Unfortunately, that's a deadly political move. If someone else argues for the TSA, and then nothing happens, he wins because he took action and it kept us safe. If something does happen, he also wins because he tried to stop it. Whether or not something happens, the only prudent political move is to create DHS.
 
Wargames comes to mind...

"A strange game. The only winning move, is not to play."
 
TSA also = Thousands Standing Around
 
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