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This seems to me to be far worse than what you did Paracowboy, and he didn't even get his hands slapped!!!
Terror Bumper Sticker Delays Flight
Monday, December 01, 2003
Atlanta, Georgia
FOX News quote:
A man who slapped a bumper sticker referring to terrorism and war on the side of a plane caused a four-hour delay for a flight filled with holiday travelers.
The man pasted the sticker on the door as a practical joke while boarding an Atlanta-to-San Francisco flight Sunday, AirTran Airways spokesman Tad Hutcheson said.
A ground crew worker noticed the sticker after all passengers were on board. The captain was notified by radio and decided not to take off. All 162 people on the plane had to get off and go through a second security screening.
Authorities would not describe the sticker other than to say that it was about terrorism and war.
Hutcheson said the prankster was discovered by security screeners. He was not charged with a crime -- nor was he identified by the airline -- and was allowed to continue on to San Francisco.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,104471,00.html
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They've experienced pain and bought jewelry."
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PC, glad to hear you're back, hope things work out ok with you over your situation, unfortunately air travel these days are like that, been reading quite a number of stories in the media where people get charged over jokes referring to hijacking the plane etc.
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http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2264624
Five soldiers who caused panic on a packed passenger aircraft with their drunken and rowdy behaviour were each fined sums ranging from £1,200 to £1,500 today.
They were in a group of 18 soldiers heading back to Newcastle Airport from Belfast in November last year.
Their antics included shouting, abusive language and touching the bottom of a young air hostess, Newcastle Crown Court heard.
Aye oi tuched er bo'um sir!
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yeah, I realized then it was a mistake. And, I was more than ready to take my lumps. But, I got pissed when that fool decided he was going to punish every servicemember on the flight.
But, like I posted later, who knows what that stew heard? And then what, exactly, did she report to Capt Numbnuts?
ah, well. Whattayagonnado?
Here's a question, though. What if I were to greet one of my buddies like this: "Hi, Jack!" or if he were an artilleryman, (their Corporals are addressed as Bombardier or 'bom' for short), and I were to go "Hey! Bom!"
Am I a terrorist, now?
Make The Voices Stop!
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Paracowboy . . . Yell that in an airplane or an airport and you are a terrorist. Yell that on my plane, and someone is going down!!
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They've experienced pain and bought jewelry."
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So, greeting a friend makes you a villain? Showing an artilleryman the respect he's earned makes you a criminal?
Another example of common sense losing. Guess we all just have to learn to live in fear and paranoia.
But I'm not real good at that. I don't intend to let some dirtbag ass-wipes cause me to live my life that way. I think I'll just keep on going the way I was raised. The bad guys don't win with me. Neither do the Quislings.
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WTF are you talking about PC. What greeting, what respect?
You got on a plane and when you didn't get the response you were looking for you made a smart assed comment. If you had been sitting in the first or second row and another passenger made that comment you just might have been out your seat trying to help the flight attendent.
Your comment was stupid, plain and simple. You didn't think before you opened your mouth and inserted your foot. And obvously, what drinking you did do DID affect your judgement.
This isn't funny. If any civi would have utter this and we would have been discussing it here you would be right along with the rest of us saying how stupid this guy was to utter such a statement in this day and age.
So fess up, admit you Fu@ked Up and accept responsibility for your actions.
Am I being harsh, maybe, but, I don't think any of our LEO's or Air Marshalls on this board would have thought it funny. I don't think any of the members that are air crews would have thought it funny. And I don't really think that most of the members here (as the posts have shown) think it's funny.
I hope everything works out for you, I really do. You seem to be a good chap with his head where it should be concerned (with your troops).
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Originally posted by paracowboy
So, greeting a friend makes you a villain? Showing an artilleryman the respect he's earned makes you a criminal?
Another example of common sense losing. Guess we all just have to learn to live in fear and paranoia.
But I'm not real good at that. I don't intend to let some dirtbag ass-wipes cause me to live my life that way. I think I'll just keep on going the way I was raised. The bad guys don't win with me. Neither do the Quislings.
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I'm on HLTA. It's a leave we get when deployed overseas on Peace-Keeping missions.
Our Leave flight from Germany was delayed, so I sent two boys ahead to try and hold the plane, while directing the other fellas to the right area. Everything’s cool. I get to our second plane and ask the stewardess if a bunch of soldiers are on. She tells me that there are several in uniform.
I tell her “No, these guys are in civvies, with slightly longer hair and are mostly unshaven.”
She says she doesn’t know. I respond “ Well, we may be running late, I hope they all make it here soon.” She goes “or what?”
I say “ I dunno, what, am I gonna hi-jack the plane?”
She says “I wish you hadn’t said that, and disappears into the cock-pit.”
I say to her disappearing back, “well, let’s pretend I didn’t.” (Now, I’m figuring everything is still “tee hee hee” We’re all joking, we’re laughing. So, the next little bit catches me off guard.)
Now the pilot or co-pilot comes screaming out of the cock-pit and starts jacking me up. Telling me what a piece of **** I am, how I’m a poor example of a leader and a **** soldier. He hasn’t taken the time to ask me a question yet. He has no idea who I am, or what the situation is. He’s already assumed I’m some drunken ass-hole. (A fair assumption, true. Except, I don’t drink in theatre, and we were all taking it easy to avoid just such a situation from occurring.) He says to me that he’s Capt What’s-his-face from the Reserves and he’s going to have me charged with Uttering A Terrorist Threat.
"Si Vis Pacum Para Bellum"
If you want peace prepare for war!
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