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Flight delayed after passenger’s suggestion of crew drinking
A U.S. Airways flight out of Des Moines was delayed four hours Saturday after a passenger made a comment that the crew had been drinking. (blogs.desmoinesregister.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
My guess is that the commentor did not want back on that plane with the people he had just held up for hours. Lol
The propriety of a passenger making jokes can be debated ad nauseum. The truth is, there is not clear guideline. We all know you can't say "bomb" on an airplane. It's posted in black and white.
The decision to unnecessarily delay the flight due to an unsubstantiated comment taken entirely out of context assumes a standard that is neither clear nor defined. There is no rule that says you can't interact with the flight crew beyond the professional context of FA and passenger. Let's hope there never is such a rule.
Flying used to be fun. Now, because of misplaced blame for 9/11 and lawyers run amok, we have lost our way and have come to this pathetic situation of CYA to the extreme.
Just one more reason why I haven't taken a commercial flight in 5 years. And counting...
The decision to unnecessarily delay the flight due to an unsubstantiated comment taken entirely out of context assumes a standard that is neither clear nor defined. There is no rule that says you can't interact with the flight crew beyond the professional context of FA and passenger. Let's hope there never is such a rule.
Flying used to be fun. Now, because of misplaced blame for 9/11 and lawyers run amok, we have lost our way and have come to this pathetic situation of CYA to the extreme.
Just one more reason why I haven't taken a commercial flight in 5 years. And counting...
911 didn't create the CYA attitude - its the PC and out of control law suits. The government wanted more control and used 911 to push their agenda, the patriot act is anything but patriotic. If anything, that document is a victory for those who wish to change our way of life.
Its time we stop using 911 as a crutch for explaining why things are so bad - and start changing it back. I rather live free and run a slightly higher risk of dying than see our free nation turn into a police state. After all, what differentiated the USA from other countries was our emphasis on Freedom above all else. On the Freedom/safety scale - the US was tilted towards Freedom. That is what made it great. Now its tilted all the way toward safety. That is not what the American dream was.
Lets get our freedoms back, one by one... even the ones you may not particularly like, and get our nation back. You either stand for something or fall for anything.
Im not saying we should stop scanning baggage for bombs, that would be foolish, but full body scanners? patting down little children and old grandparents? arresting people for fireworks possession as a felony because its an explosive device? Taking away pilots certificates for flying through a TFR and obviously not trying to use his plane as a weapon since he landed safely!
Doesn't it bother you that our police officers look more like para-military than cops? That they can use the patriot act to spy on phone conversations, track cars with GPS transceivers, all without getting a warrant? CIVIL RIGHTS aren't RIGHTS if they can be taken away whenever the government decides to revoke them. Due process, illegal search and seizure, and being held without bail --- without charges, indefinitely?
Lets stop complaining and DO something about it.
J
Its time we stop using 911 as a crutch for explaining why things are so bad - and start changing it back. I rather live free and run a slightly higher risk of dying than see our free nation turn into a police state. After all, what differentiated the USA from other countries was our emphasis on Freedom above all else. On the Freedom/safety scale - the US was tilted towards Freedom. That is what made it great. Now its tilted all the way toward safety. That is not what the American dream was.
Lets get our freedoms back, one by one... even the ones you may not particularly like, and get our nation back. You either stand for something or fall for anything.
Im not saying we should stop scanning baggage for bombs, that would be foolish, but full body scanners? patting down little children and old grandparents? arresting people for fireworks possession as a felony because its an explosive device? Taking away pilots certificates for flying through a TFR and obviously not trying to use his plane as a weapon since he landed safely!
Doesn't it bother you that our police officers look more like para-military than cops? That they can use the patriot act to spy on phone conversations, track cars with GPS transceivers, all without getting a warrant? CIVIL RIGHTS aren't RIGHTS if they can be taken away whenever the government decides to revoke them. Due process, illegal search and seizure, and being held without bail --- without charges, indefinitely?
Lets stop complaining and DO something about it.
J
Please don't misunderstand and think I'm belittling anything you said - you're right on so many points. I just couln't help but think America The Beautiful should have been playing in the background while I was reading it. It helps me remember just how much we've lost in the name of progress.
Thanks - I want our way of life restored. I want to feel proud again. I want to sing our national songs. Today it seems a bit like the dark ages. I hope enough people think the same way and start working together to bring back our beautiful way of life. I know we had problems in the past in that it was not problem free, but it seems as if today there are many more extremely big problems than ever before. things are happening so quickly you can't even keep up. the fall of Lehman Brothers is a perfect example. it should have been studied, And taking our time to figure out a solution. But there was so much going on in so many backroom deals it was impossible to keep up with what was going on and it seemed as if we are accelerating faster and faster than ever before. Laws were passed, thousand pages, signed into law before anyone even read it including those were voting on it. indeed these are scary times, with uncertain future. Unemployment is very high, banks are failing all over the world, there's war all over the place with death and destruction terrorist cells
What happened to us but also what happened to the world.
Progress. What is such a big deal about progress. There is a saying, if something is not broken, don't fix it. Like I said things were not perfect we were not passing large thousands of pages bills in Congress without reading them ever before, or all the other shenanigans that happened with the banking crisis.
What happened to us but also what happened to the world.
Progress. What is such a big deal about progress. There is a saying, if something is not broken, don't fix it. Like I said things were not perfect we were not passing large thousands of pages bills in Congress without reading them ever before, or all the other shenanigans that happened with the banking crisis.
Well, progress is essential. Without it there's stagnation. What I was talking about may have been called progress, but wasn't. We're likely saying the same thing, just differently.
Sounds good to me