From Air Rage to Air Lunacy...

[C~G]

So plane full of 150 people cannot put the petite 59-year old female with screwdriver down into the ground but just in case we need two F-15s to make it all safe?

Everybody back off, she's going for the vaseline!

 

[IglooDame]

So plane full of 150 people cannot put the petite 59-year old female with screwdriver down into the ground but just in case we need two F-15s to make it all safe?

What if she's not the only threat on the plane? It certainly doesn't hurt to have the fighters handy.

Everybody back off, she's going for the vaseline!

Man, if I had a nickel for every time I've heard that...

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

So plane full of 150 people cannot put the petite 59-year old female with screwdriver down into the ground but just in case we need two F-15s to make it all safe?

If an F-15 rolled up alongside my plane I think crazy land is in for the Halo-Jump.

 

[C~G]

What if she's not the only threat on the plane? It certainly doesn't hurt to have the fighters handy.

Well, I do know that airplane security is little bit different issue than security issues on ground but this really sounds like overreaction to me.

Tell you the truth it's pretty clear that the airplane staff aren't qualified enough to measure what kind of threat someone is to security at least in this case.

If someone wants to send F-15s and scare the passengers when they fly to the wing, go ahead.

I guess there's no such thing as "subtle" way of handling issues regarding airplane security. Especially in post-9/11 world of US.

 

[Che Guava]

I think the US just wanted to show travellers and the world that they mean business. So at the first chance, they took the big toys out to play...

 

[IglooDame]

Well, I do know that airplane security is little bit different issue than security issues on ground but this really sounds like overreaction to me.

Tell you the truth it's pretty clear that the airplane staff aren't qualified enough to measure what kind of threat someone is to security at least in this case.

If someone wants to send F-15s and scare the passengers when they fly to the wing, go ahead.

I guess there's no such thing as "subtle" way of handling issues regarding airplane security. Especially in post-9/11 world of US.

That's actually the thing that annoys me - you can send F-15s and still not scare the passengers. Cabin windows in passenger planes don't give a very broad view, and the fighters can easily fly behind the airliner, or even ahead of/above, if you want the airliner pilots to see them. Sitting wing-to-wing is pointless, there's no real tactical benefit to the good guys inside the airliner to anyone knowing fighters are nearby that I can think of.

 

[C~G]

Sitting wing-to-wing is pointless, there's no real tactical benefit to the good guys inside the airliner to anyone knowing fighters are nearby that I can think of.

I absolutely agree.

Unless what Che Guava pointed out could be true, there's no point of playing macho thing with fiighters.

Of course seeing fighters could calm passengers down but I don't believe so. Just makes them unnerve while it's just minor incident.

But some people never learn the trick that when it's about security you keep everything silent as long as it's needed.
Showing up your force is already use of force. People react to it involuntarily. Even seeing uniform puts many people on guard let alone military vehicles.
There's no point or any kind of advantage for the security people that fighters do wing sitting in this case.
Real terrorist ploy is another issue which this by far wasn't.