Aviation News of the Weird
While sifting through our alerts, we often see stories we have to read twice just to make sure we're not reading the Onion.
There's always crazy stuff going on in the aviation industry, and if you're like us, you love to read about it.
Enjoy!
Bob
EoS Blog Team
07/08/2008
Man Hides Mace Where Sun Doesn't Shine
Not Exactly the Proper Use of an Emergency Slide
07/09/2008
07/10/2008
07/14/2008
07/18/2008
Oooooklahoma, where a naked passenger comes sweepin' down the plane
08/05/2008
10/07/2008
Excuse Me While I Powder the Passengers
This is not a Good Example of a Binding Agreement
10/08/2008
03/11/2009
Something Fishy is Going on Here
Labels: weird
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19 Comments:
While I am not offended, I certainly don't think this is an appropriate use of the blog. You want to move on from ID or other topics? Fine. You want to keep things less formal than a press release? Fine. Heck, I applaud that. But I can get news of the weird anywhere. Give us actual substantive topics to yell at you about.
July 8, 2008 3:06 PM
11 September 2001: Terrorists hijack planes using boxcutters. Government response: Passengers now searched for anything remotely resembling a sharp object.
22 December 2001: Richard Reid attempts to give himself the hot-foot on board American Airlines Flight 63. TSA Response: Travelers now have to remove shoes at security checkpoints.
10 August 2006: Plotters in London are arrested after they hatch a scheme to make liquid bombs out of Tang (an unpopular breakfast drink) and hydrogen peroxide. TSA response: Travelers no longer allowed to bring their own beverages from home; reasonable-sized toiletries are now banned.
7 July 2008: Some dingbat sticks a can of mace in his butt and tries to get through security.
I don't like the pattern that's been developing. I fear what TSA's response will be this time. I'm also going to buy stock in rubber glove manufacturers and "personal lubricant" purveyors.
July 8, 2008 3:14 PM
Lighten up, Anon#1. I think stories like this are not only interesting on their own weird merits, but (intentionally or not) they also highlight the official response to such incidents which is a large part of what this blog is about.
Get yourself an RSS reader, skip the headlines that don't appeal to you, and take a chill pill.
July 8, 2008 4:59 PM
Bob! Your post from 7/1 just got posted on 7/8!
...and here I thought my posts were taking a long time to clear.
,>)
July 8, 2008 6:22 PM
Anonymous said... Bob! Your post from 7/1 just got posted on 7/8!...and here I thought my posts were taking a long time to clear.
,>)July 8, 2008 6:22 PM
Funny. Just in case anybody was wondering, I intentionally gave this an older date so it wouldn't trump any of the newer posts.
Bob
EoS Blog Team
July 8, 2008 6:57 PM
Bob said:
"I intentionally gave this an older date so it wouldn't trump any of the newer posts."
Smart move! Otherwise, you would have been accused of having all kinds of nasty intentions.
Bob, you really seem to understand this new on-line "community" and are trying your best with a tough audience. Thanks for all your efforts! Now, if you could just snag a promotion to Kip's job...
July 8, 2008 8:47 PM
Very Bad Man wins for that excellent comment. I LOL'd.
July 8, 2008 9:35 PM
Dang Blogger Bob, don't do that again.... I came this close to missing the mace in the body cavity story.
This has so many punch lines, I will try my hand at a few.
1) I guess that is one way to avoid a prostate exam.
2) *sniff* *sniff* "Dude, try Beano that one brought tears to my eyes"
3) Makes you wonder where he keeps his stun gun.
4) Burning and itching? Try Tucks' Medicated pads.
Does mace really need a "Do not use rectally" label? ..... maybe it does… maybe it does.
July 8, 2008 9:37 PM
Guys lets keep in harmony!!
July 9, 2008 1:21 PM
sorry isnoop but I'm with anonymous.
This was backdated so it didn't trump? Or was it backdated because you wanted to post somethign and not get hounded for ignoring all the comments on your front page posts? I don't believe blogger Bob unfortuantely even he has lost my respect and trust at this point.
July 9, 2008 6:42 PM
CBGB said...I don't believe blogger Bob unfortuantely even he has lost my respect and trust at this point.July 9, 2008 6:42 PM
If you don't trust any of us, then why do you want us to answer your questions? You wouldn’t believe us anyways.
This is simply something new that I wanted to try out. It didn't warrant a new blog post, so I backdated it and gave it a category on the side bar. Everything doesn't have to be a conspiracy you know. :)
Bob
EoS Blog Team
July 10, 2008 10:18 AM
CBGB said...I don't believe blogger Bob unfortuantely even he has lost my respect and trust at this point.July 9, 2008 6:42 PM
Bob said...If you don't trust any of us, then why do you want us to answer your questions? You wouldn’t believe us anyways.
Bob, you took the comment out of context and quoted just the part that paints CBGB in a bad light. What's up with that?
There's a very legitimate question within CBGB's comment. Why are you posting new entries while continuing to ignore the questions in the two other most recent ones? To me, it is apparent that CBGB's comment shows frustration over that more than anything else.
The stated goal of the blog is to engage the public. We're the public, and we are not being engaged in any real way by the blog team. Your TSOs (or those claiming to be TSOs) engage us more than the blog team does. Of course, on this backdated post of no real substance, you've decided to engage us. I can see how some might read conspiracy into that ;)
July 10, 2008 11:29 AM
RE: my last (as of yet unapproved) comment: I should clarify, less there be any confusion. I don't necessarily agree with CBGB's comment, but I certainly understand where he's coming from. The only point I'd take blogger Bob to task over is quoting out of context. I thought the blog post itself was quite funny, backdated or otherwise ;)
July 10, 2008 11:38 AM
you missed giving it the headline "the human skunk?!"
The more you learn about some peoples, the less you want to be stuck with them in an aluminum flying tunnel at 10,000 feet altitude.
lol, wow and strange
Printing
July 10, 2008 12:06 PM
Put the mace where the sun never shines? That's the end! Lol!
July 12, 2008 6:11 AM
Very interesting topic, thanks.
Goodbye,
Alejandro Arco
October 9, 2008 6:57 PM
@this blog
This blog seems to be very interesting,why don't you guys use some social networking tools like rss(feed-burner),twitter etc to enhance your reach.
@all commentators
Quite hot discussions here!!
Please don't mind other as every one have rights to present their thoughts and you are free to condemned them with your own logics.
December 24, 2008 3:37 PM
As a hypnotherapist I have noticed that more people seem to be suffering from fear of flying as a result of 9/11. Some light hearted stories just might help chill everyone a bit!
January 17, 2009 2:46 AM
"Terrorists Evolve. Threats Evolve."
Maybe NOT in this chrise period.
Let's hope so.
March 5, 2009 5:30 AM
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