Comments on: Passenger Attempted To Blow Up Northwest Airlines Flight From Amsterdam To Detroit http://www.mikemccready.com/2009/12/28/passenger-attempted-to-blow-up-northwest-airlines-flight-from-amsterdam-to-detroit/ giving it my best shot Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:43:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Mike McCready http://www.mikemccready.com/2009/12/28/passenger-attempted-to-blow-up-northwest-airlines-flight-from-amsterdam-to-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-11397 Mike McCready Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:17:09 +0000 http://www.mikemccready.com/?p=307#comment-11397 <p>Well, I guess that's a good point. As you know, my mother is a flight attendant and she's always talking about the airline personnel not having to be screened etc.</p> <p>My position is just that I want to get from point A to B safely.</p> Well, I guess that’s a good point. As you know, my mother is a flight attendant and she’s always talking about the airline personnel not having to be screened etc.

My position is just that I want to get from point A to B safely.

]]> By: Charlie http://www.mikemccready.com/2009/12/28/passenger-attempted-to-blow-up-northwest-airlines-flight-from-amsterdam-to-detroit/comment-page-1/#comment-11392 Charlie Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:32:21 +0000 http://www.mikemccready.com/?p=307#comment-11392 <p>Geezer it's all smoke and mirrors, there is no terrorist threat. The occasional open-miker with a mental illness and a chemistry set poses no threat to your life. Security in place doesn't even work, bottles of water in my handluggage have been through plenty of x-ray machines undetected; and why are they trying to sell me highly flammable liquids in glass bottles as soon as I've finished with "security"? Btw did you know pilots are also barred from taking liquids aboard? One pilot I know carries a picture of himself in the cockpit wielding the crash axe (on every jet) to show "security" checkpoint staff who confiscate his yoghurt or water bottle.</p> <p>We should stand up to this nonsense, not say 'bring on more'.</p> Geezer it’s all smoke and mirrors, there is no terrorist threat. The occasional open-miker with a mental illness and a chemistry set poses no threat to your life. Security in place doesn’t even work, bottles of water in my handluggage have been through plenty of x-ray machines undetected; and why are they trying to sell me highly flammable liquids in glass bottles as soon as I’ve finished with “security”? Btw did you know pilots are also barred from taking liquids aboard? One pilot I know carries a picture of himself in the cockpit wielding the crash axe (on every jet) to show “security” checkpoint staff who confiscate his yoghurt or water bottle.

We should stand up to this nonsense, not say ‘bring on more’.

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