>>>The more I hear about this story, the more annoying it gets. This was (and is) and obvious ploy by some jerks to generate a lawsuit and try to extort some money from an airline.
>>>I hope that US Airways doesn't fall for it - and even if it costs them more money than paying them off - they should fight any attempts for these bozo's to sue them (which this was obviously the plan all along).
>>>Twerps like this should be jailed.
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>>>http://www.washtimes.com/national/20061128-122902-7522r.htm
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>>Let's suppose for a moment that it was their plan to be thrown off the flight so they could sue the Airline.
>>How is that any different that a FBI or police "sting" to have someone take a bribe or otherwise do something illegal?
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>>If I was in a FBI "sting" and I refused to take the bait nothing would be heard.
>>If the airline hadn't taken the bait, nothing would have been heard.
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>>What's the difference between the two situations that makes you call these guys twerps. Is the FBI "twerps" when they catch a guy in a sting?
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>>Just don't understand your position here.
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>hmmm... well they're two different things. Look if I see behavior that is consistant with an act of terrorism on a flight or when I'm being seated - I'm gonna be jumping up and down screaming until either they're off the plane or I am. And as far as the airline 'taking the bait' - hey - did they really have a choice here? They SHOULD NOT of let them on the plane. Just think if they did - ooh geeze now we have lame stupid security! US Airways did the right thing. These jerks were trying to get kicked off the flight and they did. Tough for them - they got what they deserved - and I sure hope they didn't refund their airfare either! They tried to create a disturbance and golly they sure did.

I think you're dead WRONG.
What you're saying is that airplane "security" has to be set at the SCARDEST PERSON booked for the flight. That's ridiculous in the extreme!
You're also saying that the current 'standard' of threatening danger ("I have a gun" or "I'm gonna hijack this plane to Cuba" or things like that) are no longer in effect, replaced by some perceived "threat" by some over-sensitive person or some red-neck who dislikes some race or some other crap like that.
The airline should have put the complainers off the plane.

When I fly these days I pay no attention to those waiting at the gate with me. But I do pay attention once on the plane to where I am and who's around me and who looks "shifty". And I'm ready to do my bit to help subdue anyone who does anything foolish. And I wouldn't dream of accusing someone of being so shifty looking that I want them off the plane.

Imagine I saw someone praying (in the standard "Christian" way) at a gate. I could easily conclude they were praying for success of their 'mission' to crash the plane into a building. I could then demand that they be taken off the plane????

Get real.

To me that's ALL THE SECURITY WE NEED for people. Bombs are a different thing, but people hijacking a plane in North America are a ting of the past in my opinion.