Well the news last night said he was mentally ill. It’s a shame they don’t teach those air-marshalls some basic martial arts locks and holds, so they could restrain him whilst they found out whether or not he was just mentally ill.

No matter how he bahaved, even if he outright said he had a bomb, he was in a secured part of the airport. Alpazar’s person and effects would already have been searched for bombs or weapons.

Double whammy…. flying while brown AND mentally ill. Is that enough for summary execution?

If I fly, I’m gonna go about six shades blonder and have a pocket full of valiums, too.

I watched the PBS Newshour and learned while the passengers are thoroughly searched, the cargo isn’t.
Then I watched the baggage on this plane blown up if it looked suspicious and the passengers were offloaded with hands on top of their heads.
Since I’ve been told my knees will set off alarms at security gates I wouldn’t be game to fly anywhere.

I’m light-brown, I’m a nervous flyer and I’m a little claustrophobic…I guess I’ll be taking the top-deck sea voyage option.

“I have to keep law and order and it means that I have to kill my enemies before they kill me.”
President Idi Amin, 1979. President Bush 2005

JT said: “Since I’ve been told my knees will set off alarms at security gates I wouldn’t be game to fly anywhere.”

Well, they haven’t much to worry about from us, JT. We won’t get far on foot. 😀

Suki said: “I guess I’ll be taking the top-deck sea voyage option.”

If you’re tan, stressed and in a US airport, you better be able to walk on water if you want to avoid being killed.

‘Course, if you consider surfing to be a track & field event, according to some rather unreliable sources, you’ll rise from the dead in 7 days anyway.