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Originally Posted by Gord Wappel
What an overreaction.
People's lives are definitely being put at risk every time a situation like that is escalated to fighter escorts and SWAT teams. If thats all it was that some guy says the bomb word in anger .. with no explicit threat to the flight. (and a $1,000 bail would suggest thats the case0
I half think the plane crews don't mind the over-reactions .. no-one dares complain about a stale pretzel if thats the kind of power they have. Passengers are the ones who lose the most.
And if anyone thinks we should just trust the authorities to decide how to judge and respond to danger.. then how many passenger years have been spent taking on and off shoes and belts... and then airlines fly over a conflict zone within range of known ground to air missiles to save fuel charges.
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So.... threats made, ignore the problem and hope it goes away?
I agree after the fact and now that we know it was just someone with mental health issues that the ERT team and fighters seemed excessive, but that's just hindsight. That wasn't known at the time and in the heat of the moment you don't take that chance without 100% certainty