Comments on: Air travel and weapons

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:30:42 +0000

Amen to that, RML ! (And I believe the affliction is called Sudden Rapture Syndrome).

By: RML

RML — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:10:39 +0000

I worry that an evangelical Christian will get Sudden Rapture Symptom and put the plane into a dive to see who floats up (besides him or her self, of course).

By: Ride Fast

Ride Fast — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:10 +0000

My idea, thought of by noon on 9/11/01, was batons on every seat back. The cable is a nice addition, so hippies don’t steal them.

By: Cargosquid

Cargosquid — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:45:23 +0000

Remember those cell phones of the back of the chair. Why not put a taser right next to it. The pilot arms them from the cockpit. Have the taser on a steel retention cable.

New briefing from attendants would explain how to point said taser at bad guy and pull the trigger….

By: SPQR

SPQR — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:20 +0000

Intelligence has nothing to do with it, it is not security, it is security theater.

By: The Duck

The Duck — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:09:48 +0000

I shoot with one of the Armed Flight Deck Instructors, yes he carries a loaded Sig onto the plane, but he can’t have a pair of nail clippers, (might hurt somebody)

By: NatefromOgden

NatefromOgden — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:59:12 +0000

I recently bought a 1 1/2 pound walking stick with a solid brass horse hame knob as a handle. It’s a dandy cane that could double as a noggin-knockin club should Sudden Jihad Syndrome break out and TSA let me carry it right on to my flights just 2 weeks ago. I was surprised that the cabin crew didn’t even want to store it for me, just told me to put it in the overhead bins. Surprisingly, the spousal unit thinks I bought it just to take the load off my bad back…

By: Jim W

Jim W — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:51:29 +0000

The pilot? The guy holding the stick that can make the plane fly into the ground? What were they possibly worried he would do with the knife? Attempt to perform brain surgery on himself?

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:06:01 +0000

Remember, this is the same TSA that wouldn’t allow a plane’s pilot to carry on a dinner knife.

a) it was the exact same knife they give the passengers with the in-flight meal – he bought it from the airline for exactly that reason. The crew, including – bear with me here – the pilot, already have access to these knives during the flight.

b) He’s the pilot. If you can’t trust him with a dinner knife, you’ve got bigger worries, since he’s the one flying the frakking plane!!

Intelligence does not seem to be present in the TSA.

By: The Duck

The Duck — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:31:39 +0000

3 bic pens