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TSA idiocy

2005-08-11 22:07:14.666806+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

So, you find a note saying that there's a bomb on the plane. You divert to the nearest airport, taxi the aircraft to a remote location, and evacuate the plane? Nope, you make them sit in the airplane for an hour. I'm a little unclear on the decision making process: Either you think there's a bomb on the plane, in which case catching the person who planted the note (and who is probably no longer on the plane) is more important than the lives of the other 140 people; or you don't, in which case why not just sequester the passengers when the plane lands in the normal place?

Via Dave's Picks from Bombs Away by Becky Akers.

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