Terror Attack in the Skies Thwarted

[patric]

Did you rip into Sully Sullenberger, the pilot that landed his plane in the Hudson, over his cashing in on fame. This doosh wrote a book and has a TV show Brace for Impact coming up. /sarc

Did Sullenberger demand money before talking to the media?
Schuringa did. 

Sullenberger shied from publicity, the Dutchman sought out the highest bidder on his Blackberry:



    The post and times still talking about photo 2 what can you offer forit!? I feel bad dropping with you after     you have been cool with us ...
    Sent from my BlackBerry® on the MetroPCS Network

    You might have to run it only for monday cuz abc wants to use it aswell for tv news and they stressed if we could hold off till monday with paper ? Would that work ...
    Sent from my BlackBerry® on the MetroPCS Network

    Others numbers are extremly higher
    Sent from my BlackBerry® on the MetroPCS Network

    They have exclusive rights for photo 1, that is a final, for photo 2
    they are offering 3k, we are going with them soon if I don't hear back
    from you on equal contract ... Thanks for all ...
    Sent from my BlackBerry® on the MetroPCS Network

[Townsend]

He burned his biscuits.

[Conan71]

He burned his biscuits.

Good, let's hope this means he can't reproduce.

[Ed W]

His prison nickname is gonna be "Stubby."

[guido911]

His prison nickname is gonna be "Stubby."

+1

[Conan71]

His prison nickname is gonna be "Stubby."

Ed wins post of the day!

Here's Uncle Hugo with your trophy:

[Hoss]

His prison nickname is gonna be "Stubby."

I don't think it's going to matter early on; I'm guessing he'll be the wide rec...never mind.

[Ed W]

That's a very nice trophy!  Thank you!  It will look nice on the Shelf Of Honor next to the one from my employer.  I received it for taking second place in a bicycle time trial way back when.  Hugo's is kinda bigger, though.  I hope the size disparity doesn't appear too incongruous.



 

[Breadburner]

[guido911]

That's a very nice trophy!  Thank you!  It will look nice on the Shelf Of Honor next to the one from my employer.  I received it for taking second place in a bicycle time trial way back when.  Hugo's is kinda bigger, though.  I hope the size disparity doesn't appear too incongruous.



 

Your award should be a large ken doll.

[Red Arrow]

That's a very nice trophy!  Thank you!  It will look nice on the Shelf Of Honor next to the one from my employer.  I received it for taking second place in a bicycle time trial way back when.  Hugo's is kinda bigger, though.  I hope the size disparity doesn't appear too incongruous.

Just put the big one far back on a deep shelf and the little one up close.  That will help equalize the appearance. 

[nathanm]

While I don't believe people will "abandon air travel entirely" it has stopped me from taking a few fun trips.  Too much of a hassle.  So I see what you mean.

Pre-9/11 I took several trips a year for nothing more than the miles. There was no hassle and very little stress. Since they went nutso after the "London plot," I stopped doing that. I took one commercial flight last year and one this year. (you can't drive to an island)

One of my clients who used to fly about 150,000 miles a year commercially and only used his King Air for in-state flights decided to upgrade to a Lear and is now down to under 50,000 miles a year. Almost all of his commercial flying is international now. Since most of his trips are/were last minute, it's not much more expensive to avoid the hassle of flying commercial. That's the sort of thing that's seriously impacting the airlines' bottom line.

Granted, us mere mortals can't afford that luxury and thus will continue flying, but airlines aren't going to be profitable with the fares vacationers demand.

[nathanm]

I don't really see the problem here. Just check all your bags and stop trying to bring weird crap that you aren't going to use in flight on the plane. Stuff like shaving razors and zippo lighters, I don't do this and I have zero hassle at any airport.  Do you really need to use some kind of gel on a 4 to 5 hour flight? Do you really need to bring your own water on a plane when they serve it for you? Don't be a cheapskate and try to avoid the $15 baggage fee.

I wasn't even going to mention the idiotic luggage fee, but since you mentioned it, airlines are incredibly stupid for encouraging infrequent travelers to slow the boarding process down by bringing carryons.

Maybe you don't realize this, but not checking bags literally saves you at least one and often two hours per direction. Additionally, while I have luckily never had my checked luggage completely lost, I've had it delayed by a day or two on a number of occasions.

It's not cool to show up unshaven and in your travel clothes to a meeting.  

Edited to add: When my chance of dying in a terrorist attack on an airplane exceeds my chance of winning the lottery, I may reconsider my opinion, although it would probably have to rise to something on the order of my chance of dying in a car crash to force such a reconsideration.

[Red Arrow]

I haven't had the misfortune to have to fly commercial for a while.  It was fun in the 80s.  During most of the 90s, I was lucky enough to fly with the boss in his Baron (piston twin engine airplane, this one pressurized) most of the time. Commercial still wasn't too bad.  I have no desire to fly commercial now.  Used to be for a 2 day trip I would carry on everything in two bags including my briefcase. Longer flights I would check one and be sure to carry-on at least one day's worth of clean clothes and a toothbrush.

[guido911]

Interesting, 58% of Americans have no problem waterboarding Stubby, the living Ken doll

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/december_2009/58_favor_waterboarding_of_plane_terrorist_to_get_information