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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:06 PM Original message |
They scrambled F16s for a panic attack?!! |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wow, if I have one, will they do that for me too? |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Cool, free Thorazine shots courtesy of TSA!!! |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
2. That way they could shoot the plane down, in case a terrorist was |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. F-16's in Iraq, in Lebanon, in Iran or in Washington? |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. In case you missed it.. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Uhmmm, but on 9/11 our F-16s failed to scramble for hours |
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Freedom_Aflaim (745 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:09 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've been on a plane with a person having a panic attack |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I'm surprised they did that, but it is a bit different than having it |
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merci_me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. I'm a white knuckle flier, my whole life. I won't even |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Xanax |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. I would be hard pressed to get on a commercial flight |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 08:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Just the opposite |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
5. Hell, yes. It's not like a group of terrorists hijacked the plane or |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. There was a remote chance that they could have gotten the |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:34 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. They could have shot the plane down for nothing - oh, it's gonna happen |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Nobody seems to be asking questions like this. |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. implications of overreacting to this shit? -none - there'll be no evidence |
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AndyA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Welcome to Calm Air. Here is your boarding pass and your Valium. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
11. Dumb question, but why do they call it "scrambling?" |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. It's an old term referring to the "scramble" of pilots racing from |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Oh - Thanks. |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
12. wouldn't do it after a plane was hijacked and piloted into the WTC |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
18. Actually, even before 9/11 |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Oh, no shit! I knew something was up. |
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Dragonbreathp9d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 05:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Except that we dont use migs :) |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. F16's...so impressive... |
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Xenotime (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
26. I saw a report that they retired the F-16s What gives? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. I know they retired the f14 in the last 6 months... |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-16-06 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
28. Damned if they do, damned if they don't, right? |
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