Comments on: Overreaction

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 17 May 2005 14:51:28 +0000

Yeah, I’m afraid to even imagine what new air travel rules might come out of this one! Just remember, folks: Had the ‘shoe bomber’been the ‘underwear bomber’, flying as we know it would be a whole different experience. I’m sure a lot more of us would now be using the DIY approach, renting Cessnas and taking our chances against the F16s.

“Ok, Ma, see that little thing down there, that’s the Capitol building! Fly AROUND it!!”

By: Gardner

Gardner — Fri, 13 May 2005 15:13:39 +0000

Shh–it’s zero tolerance. Mustn’t argue with zero tolerance.

FYI, I wondered where a predator drone would fit in that table.

takeoff weight: 2100 lbs
horsepower: unknown. Rotax 912 plant.
fuel capacity: 110 liters
MPG: unknown. Apparently can stay aloft for 24 (or is it 40) hours.

Link above.

By: Woodstock

Woodstock — Fri, 13 May 2005 14:45:07 +0000

You know, I really do know the difference between herd and heard (goes down to check the coffee maker to make sure someone didn’t put in decaf by mistake)

By: Woodstock

Woodstock — Fri, 13 May 2005 14:43:47 +0000

Hearding a bunch of middle-aged, Asian tourists out of the Capitol at a run was a huge, huge over reaction akin to when I worked in a building that backed up on to the building the FCC was in and the FCC would get a bomb threat so they’d heard us all out on to the street (great! where I can be hit by flying debris for sure should the bomb actually go off!). It was, sadly, though, not as much of an overreaction as they could have made (see news stories about the guy they tackled and dragged across the Capitol veranda after he’d been standing still with two large suitcases at his side *for over two hours*). I’m just waiting for them to start blocking off streets again with no notice or consult; that’ll be an a**load of fun.