Comments on: Bojinka Redux?

By: mboy

mboy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:04:02 +0000

good article larry. i’ve always respected your analysis and intellect.

By: Mr. Natural

Mr. Natural — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:52:02 +0000

If all the TSA personnel looked as good as the El Al women (curiously, all named, “Ruth,”…not a “Naomi,” or, “Rachael,” in the bunch) who unroll your socks at Ben Gurion airport, I could go for it.

Meanwhile, remember that El Al only has 100+ flights world-wide every day. I think American and Continental have more that that between LA and Houston or DFW every day…

So, if you want to pay $2,400 to fly from JFK to Myammuh, round-trip, then that’ll work.

By: Mr. Natural

Mr. Natural — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:46:27 +0000

When flying out to Join Ship, I am ALWAYS traveling on a one-way ticket, which is ALWAYS paid for in cash by my DoD contractor employers. Despite having clearances out the ying-yang and doing work that requires me to agree, in writing, that should I expire on the job my remains will be treated as Hazardous Material and not repatriated I get the same runaround as some goober who just bought a ducat to Bogota, one-way, with $5's and $10's . Korean Air often scans my luggage two or three times, and you DON'T want to know what's entailed in getting out of Israel on El Al. However, in 2003 I started to Push Back. I carry my personal care stuff (120 days' worth of shaving junk, Georgia Bubblebath ((deodorant)), etc), thumb drives and spare batteries for MP3 player in a 7.62 ammo box inside my suitcase. Sets their little machines off, mit spitz und sparken! MY TSA local yokels have jumped through this hoop enough times that some of them recognize the Symptoms. Delay my travel? When I'm on DoD business? I'll give you something to delay about...a**holes!

By: TeakWoodKite

TeakWoodKite — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:42:12 +0000

Makes you wonder if any of them had flight training.

By: TeakWoodKite

TeakWoodKite — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:38:31 +0000

Insights Mr. Johnson, are priceless, thanks.

By: TeakWoodKite

TeakWoodKite — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:37:27 +0000

On that basis, it is doubtful that that the ring man would even be known by them.

By: TeakWoodKite

TeakWoodKite — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:34:05 +0000

So in your expertise, Jack, What color explosive would be substituted for the Pepto?

Must be an inside joke to some one. A sick one.

By: PortiaElizabeth

PortiaElizabeth — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:18:58 +0000

Thank you, Annie!

By: sowsear

sowsear — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:46:31 +0000

an aweful month that we will never recover from:

Carol, I’m sorry to hear of your month that was so bad…did I miss the reasons or was it just accumulative?

By: ces

ces — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:14:57 +0000

If the two didn’t really know each other, it’s more of an indication of a dry run, to me.

Some handler wants to know which method will work, and let’s the patsies run through the trap.

By: sowsear

sowsear — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:48:28 +0000

One of my sons has to fly to Europe fairly often, and that worries me somewhat more than the domestic flights the others take. I keep thinking about that flight that went down over the Long Island Sound several years ago.

By: sowsear

sowsear — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:44:42 +0000

We had to Fed Ex (it was cheaper) lacrosse sticks this summer when our grandkids and three of their friends came east for camp. One was a long stick but they couldn’t carry on the short ones even.

By: Sassy

Sassy — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:25:58 +0000

I hear you PortiaElizabeth.
Both my grand-daughters had to fly this summer, and my daughter flew round trip from N.C. to California last week.
I am always on pins and needles about it, and was relieved when my son-in-law did not have to fly as often.
When the girls go to college, they will have to fly routinely. I’m sure to be gray soon!

By: oowawa

oowawa — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:14:16 +0000

I’ll bet she loved Kill Bill!

By: oowawa

oowawa — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:13:39 +0000

I’ll bet she loved Kill Bill!