Now that's pretty stupid. But the TSA is pretty stupid, too. Several flights have been diverted over the past week, including this one:
A United Airlines flight out of Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was delayed because a small boy said something inappropriate, according to a government official speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information. "He didn't want to fly," the official said.
Because of a small boy? What the hell did he say? Why would they take a small fucking boy seriously?
And then, though this wasn't necessarily the TSA's fault but the stupid cabin crew trying to keep the passenger's calm, they certainly were testing the passenger's tolerance for stupidity:
The Manchester-to-Chicago flight, American Airlines Flight 55, was diverted to Bangor for security reasons, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Murray said.
The plane landed on a remote taxiway and passengers were taken by bus to a holding area, said airport manager Rebecca Hupp. State police provided bomb squad dogs, and local police provided additional assistance.
Marcinkiewicz, of the FBI, declined to elaborate on the source of the threat, or to say whether officials believed it to be legitimate.
Passengers said they had not seen any disruptions during the flight. Amy Chignell of Redditch, England, said she sat next to the man who appeared to be the subject of concern and did not see him do anything out of the ordinary, although he went to the restroom a few times.
Tom Roseberry of Seattle said passengers were told they were landing in Maine because a member of the crew was ill. But he said passengers began to suspect something else was going on when they saw a fighter jet zoom by.
Really Tom? You started to suspect something? What, that maybe, that it just might be possible, a fighter jet isn't the cure for airsickness? But then again maybe it is, Tom, maybe it is.
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