michaeledward
Grandmaster
- Joined
- Mar 1, 2003
- Messages
- 6,063
- Reaction score
- 82
Gary, I do not take any of the comments on this board as disrespectful, unless they are obviously meant that way.Gary Crawford said:Mr. Ward,I mean no disrespect,but after 9-11,all the pundents could talk about was that it could have been prevented.Now we have an incident that occured only a few weeks ago that many have found interesting enough that several news agencies have dicussed today and you seem to be cavalier about it.I really hope that I am just overreacting by being concerned about this.But,what if something does happen again?Will we see the same finger pointing?I'd rather be wrong about this now than be right when it does happen.
By the way, my name is Mike Atkinson ... michaeledward is just a screenname .. michael edward Atkinson.
I am that cavalier about this. Of course, if I thought that what is being described in the article really happened, I might be a bit less cavalier. But, I don't believe the article. I think it is more like a kid pulling the fire alarm in school.
I was on a Boeing 737 on September 10, 2001. And, if my flight could get off the ground, I would have been on a plane September 13, 2001 (I guess only Saudi's were able to fly that day ... I had to drive.
I still say .. the story stinks ... Check out this seat chart on Seat Guru.
http://www.seatguru.com/northwest/B753.shtml
Today (Don't know about 6/29/2004) NW327 was a Boeing 757-300. Seats 17 A, B & C don't really have a very clear view of 1st class seat 1A (and the author mentioned she watched this person several times). She also references 7 men standing at once and going to the front and rear lavatories ... the rear lavatories are 23 rows back. I just don't think that watching those locations is a easy as she is describes.
Lastly, (for now), something will happen again. I just don't think it is going to be airplanes. But, even if it is another airline attack, it is still safer than driving an automobile; it is safer than smoking; it is safer than being overweight.
I believe that those who jump to believe this story, rather than being a bit skeptical, have already allowed the 'terrorists' to win. You are allowing their tactics to affect your behavior. I am certainly not suggesting that anyone engage in obviously foolish behavior (I have a jewish friend who just signed up for a year long contract in Baghdad - FOOLISH), but to reasonably evaluate threats is something we all should be doing; and I think this story is unreasonable.
Mike