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regionaltard said:
Terrorists' Safety Assured. The badges were a bad idea; did they have those at the Mall too?
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I was going through the exit lane, TSA goon said "This is just like ours, only smaller", I quietly replied, mine came with a .40, did yours?
They got real quiet and processed me right through, I actually laughed out loud as I walked away.
PBR
 
Mach 80 said:
It's waste of time for the pilots, a waste of resources for the TSA, and a waste of time for the passengers who have to endure crews cutting in front of them and then wait for crews to get screened. It's absurd and it past time to get it done.
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Let me correct you on this.

It's a waste of time. PERIOD.
 
1folinepilot said:
Janice Hall of Poquoson was a passenger on the Boeing 717 waiting to leave for Boston on Wednesday. She said passengers were worried even before Karnath's arrest because of errant messages broadcast from the cockpit.

Hall said the intercom announced that the passengers should "prepare for arrival" before the plane had even taken off from Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport. She said passengers were then told they were about an hour from their destination of Atlanta.

"He then said we were going to Boston. We wondered what was going on," Hall said..............................

"It left us all shaking our heads," she said.

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Capt. Karnath was doing nothng more than protecting his personal property and Shonica threw her TSA ghetto rent a cop attutude up in his face.
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My guess is they mis-spelled MS Hall's name -- it was Janiqua, close friends with Shonica. WHO THE HE!! as a pax can recall hours later what was said on the welcome aboard and feel good about reciting it to the press? Even if he did say ATL -- OOOPS, we only fly there practically every other flight on the 71. I Think she'll be on Oprah next week.
 
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What a frivolous incident for both parties. Pilot should've known better than to make physical contact with her. Verbalizing his dissatisfaction with her adjustment would have sufficed. Especially with an insecure and power hungry TSA agent. I know, I know, one can only endure so much idiocy from them, but restraint is necessary.

This all began with the pilot's reticence towards her query, it would seem. She didn't care for it and felt offended and took it a step further. I'd place the blame on both agent and pilot. No reason for this to have escalated. Shaniqua should know better. She had her feelings hurt just as the pilot did from her adjustment. Truth is, everyone has their dislikes of other individuals (for whatever reason, whether it be race, title, looks, etc.). Clearly, these two disliked eachother enough to grab an arm and to make a mountain out of a mole hill by detaining the pilot over a questionable action of his. How hard he "grabbed" her hand or perhaps he merely blocked or prevented her from making too many hand movements with his tray. It would appear he was able to continue on without any problem. Agent goes and cries assault. Incredible.

The sad thing is, the TSA agent will end up being the victim. The sentiment will be lost. TSA power is scary. It's like nukes in the hands of a third world country.
 
BornAgainPagan said:
What exactly does it explain?
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First, It explains that whoever hatched her and let her pick her name was an idiot and she seems to have not escaped that cycle of idiocy.

Second, it suggests that she is a member of a certain swarthy complected minority that feels they are owed something simply by virtue of their skin pigmentation.

An idiot with an out of proportion sense of entitlement and a default victim mentality. Bad combination.

"A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
 
Amish RakeFight said:
What a frivolous incident for both parties. Pilot should've known better than to make physical contact with her. Verbalizing his dissatisfaction with her adjustment would have sufficed. Especially with an insecure and power hungry TSA agent. I know, I know, one can only endure so much idiocy from them, but restraint is necessary.

This all began with the pilot's reticence towards her query, it would seem. She didn't care for it and felt offended and took it a step further. I'd place the blame on both agent and pilot. No reason for this to have escalated. Shaniqua should know better. She had her feelings hurt just as the pilot did from her adjustment. Truth is, everyone has their dislikes of other individuals (for whatever reason, whether it be race, title, looks, etc.). Clearly, these two disliked eachother enough to grab an arm and to make a mountain out of a mole hill by detaining the pilot over a questionable action of his. How hard he "grabbed" her hand or perhaps he merely blocked or prevented her from making too many hand movements with his tray. It would appear he was able to continue on without any problem. Agent goes and cries assault. Incredible.

The sad thing is, the TSA agent will end up being the victim. The sentiment will be lost. TSA power is scary. It's like nukes in the hands of a third world country.
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You're assuming an awful lot, don't you think? How do you know he touched her at all? Just because she said so? That's a big leap of faith. I don't trust Toothpaste Stealing A$$holes as far as I can throw them.

I suggest that you assume that the pilot is innocent until Mrs. Shonica can prove that he's guilty. I would wager that the security tape will prove that she's a liar.
 
I'm also trying to figure out how a hand squeeze, even if it was the pressure of a firm handshake, constitutes "aggravated assault".

I'm inclined to believe the Colonel likely may have simply been trying to protect a laptop or other piece of property she was mishandling and she got angry about it and exaggerated the situation before I believe he deliberately tried to cause her physical harm. Part of that belief might stem from the fact that she's still breathing, walking upright, and didn't require a hospital visit from a 6' 4" 240 Lb ex-marine's "assault". Something tells me that individual's "assault" would have likely resulted in the death or incapacitation of the person on the receiving end....

Could be wrong... it's happened before.
 
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PCL_128 said:
You're assuming an awful lot, don't you think? How do you know he touched her at all? Just because she said so? That's a big leap of faith. I don't trust Toothpaste Stealing A$$holes as far as I can throw them.

I suggest that you assume that the pilot is innocent until Mrs. Shonica can prove that he's guilty. I would wager that the security tape will prove that she's a liar.
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Other than commenting on whats been reported, I'm assuming nothing. I do believe he is innocent until proven guilty.

I'd have to wager though, that the incident was caught on camera and will or has been reviewed at this point. However, I will make a leap of faith and bet that there was indeed some form of an altercation, even if a mild one and certainly physical contact, even if delicate. She made a mountain out of it due to perceived slights by the pilot.
 
If this guy truly assaulted her, he'd have never made it to the flightdeck. For all we know, she decided to make issue of it after the fact. Seems pride may have got the best of her.
 
Amish RakeFight said:
However, I will make a leap of faith and bet that there was indeed some form of an altercation, even if a mild one and certainly physical contact, even if delicate.
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Again, big ass-umption. I have no reason to believe that there was any physical contact whatsoever. In fact, I have every reason to believe that there wasn't, because he is a respected air line Captain and military veteran, and she's nothing more than a TSA-hole. Until she proves otherwise, I don't believe he even came close to touching her.
 
PCL_128 said:
Again, big ass-umption. I have no reason to believe that there was any physical contact whatsoever. In fact, I have every reason to believe that there wasn't, because he is a respected air line Captain and military veteran, and she's nothing more than a TSA-hole. Until she proves otherwise, I don't believe he even came close to touching her.
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You have your opinion and I have mine. Knowing someone is meaningless. People do unexpected things all the time. I highly doubt he made any substantial contact physcially, but I do believe that something certainly took place.
 
Captain Jeff said:
People with unusual first names are believed to have large attitudes and low center of gravitys.
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Pimpin' said:
First, It explains that whoever hatched her and let her pick her name was an idiot and she seems to have not escaped that cycle of idiocy.

Second, it suggests that she is a member of a certain swarthy complected minority that feels they are owed something simply by virtue of their skin pigmentation.

An idiot with an out of proportion sense of entitlement and a default victim mentality. Bad combination.

"A mind is a terrible thing to waste."
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Both of you are being both very presumptuous and mindlessly racist.
 

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