In actuality, the TSA “test results” for passenger screenings are fairly alarming & don’t necessarily hold up the premise–let alone ground crews.
I’ve found it’s easier to just correct the bigger picture, rather than focus on everything that’s incorrect. While you’re most likely correct about ground crews and the TSA has shown that they’re unlikely to find something on a passenger that had even a modicum of effort behind concealing it, it’s far easier to just point out that the conclusions don’t support the premise, rather than pointing out that the premise itself is flawed.
In other words, pretend I started with an “Even if we assume that’s true…”
I mean, people saying it doesn’t make it true, but (at least in this case–I’ve never seen you before) their points are well supported by the evidence.
Exhibit A:
All of the above being said:
What the fuck happened to this thread between the time of my first reply and now?! Why are you now talking about a plane filled entirely with women and TV show/movie premises?! What the fuck does any of that shit have to do with anything that was part of the original topic?!
Lost in all the OP’s fantasies is a kernel of actual annoyance I can get behind.
The Malaysian airplane was kept on the tarmac for between 90 minurtes and two hours before the SWAT team arrived. Arrived all macho in their face masks and full gear and “the biggest guns ever”, ready to take down any and everyone who even looked funny.
Probably terrorized everyone who was not a terrorist on the plane. Probably also took another 2-4 hours to process everyone, just to make sure they weren’t secret stealth terrorists. Can’t be too careful, you know.
You can be nearly certain that no one on the plane has guns, and if there was a bomb, keeping everyone inside the plane is much more dangerous than letting them out. Probbaly didn’t let anyone use the bathroom, though there isn’t any mention either way in the article. So coming in full combat is a tad much.
I eagerly await someone chastizing me, and that they would put up with anything “in the name of safety”.
Or I can chastise you for pulling stuff out of your ass, adding the word “probably” to it, and complaining about it like it actually happened and wasn’t just a detail that you made up.
So we start at a point where the OP is concerned that our overreactions to perceived terrorist threats are giving the terrorists metaphorical orgasms…
And we get to the point where the OP is getting his orgasms, from what I’m not quite sure.
I feel dirty now having participated in this thread at all. Hey FJ, go away…
So, remove “probably” from one of my points, and substitute 7 hours for the “2-4” I wrote.
Though I will admit to there being no support so far for my comment about the SWAT team scaring the passengers.
But, considering that crews routinely keep passengers from using the bathroom simply when the plane is delayed, do you doubt the “probability” that the same happened here?
Isn’t it nice when you actually do the research instead of just making up details? Don’t you feel more accomplished?
Did I somehow miss there being a chance of the plane taking off while the person was in the bathroom?
That’s the reason for the rule. They want to be ready to go at a moment’s notice. That 10 minute interruption could only end up taking 5 or that storm could just as soon change direction. That combined with not knowing how long someone may take in the bathroom makes it easier to just say “go in the air”.
Any delay where they know it’s going to be long term, they let the passengers back into the terminal, where they can use the bathroom to their heart’s content. They couldn’t do that here for obvious reasons, but unless you can show me where the security protocols forbid going to the bathroom in a permanently grounded plane, rather than a temporarily grounded one, I’m going to go with “making shit up”.