Another "nut on a plane gets pummeled" story:

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Normy

DON'T mess around these days folks. There are Federal Flight Deck Officers in the cockpits of a LOT of airliners now. Two years ago, there were only a few "certified to fly with a gun" airline pilots; these days it is common for a Federal Agent to be armed and in the cockpit. I'm planning on taking the training this year.

My only problem with the whole thing: I prefer the .40 S&W. The FFDO program revolves around 9 mm handguns...

Might as well be a bb gun!

N!

I thought you only flew packages for Fed Ex??

[Normy]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

I thought you only flew packages for Fed Ex??

And what would a terrorist prefer: a warehouse with a bunch of open cargo containers, or Fort Lauderdale airport with its' TSA security. And the bomb-sniffer machines that the currently have in placed?

You've brought up a GOOD POINT sir, though it is slightly obtuse.

Cargo gets treated differently! I walk out of the Ford van in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and I walk (through the snow....) to the front door of the building. I walk through the place, noting all the University of North Dakota students who were EXACTLY like me 20 years ago, and find the crew entrance.

-I went through NO security whatsoever. I want to point out to you that Grand Forks is a very "junior" trip, and I am very junior on the seniority list, and that by pointing out this minor flaw in the overall security of the system...I am only increasing my exposure to the -17 degree celcius temperatures that accompany the 40 mile per hour winds that occur in January. Specifically when I am charged with the preflight of the 727~

According to my girlfriend, I don't have much of a "butt". But...whatever rear-end I had...ladies and gentlemen it was LONG GONE! I got my ass kicked!

She hasn't left me yet, and I can still use a toilet (thats most important of all!), so I guess it hasn't been completely burned-off as she says she still loves me.

N!

[ruf-porsche]

Originally Posted by rammstein

............... I'd be eye-gouging, crotch-kicking, stabbing with a pen, pretty much every life-or-death cheap-shot move I know, until he was subdued or dead. I think pretty much everyone feels the same.

That's sound like girls fighting.