...too bad we can't blame it on checkpoint screeners... STL has some of the worst.

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Quoting ChicagoFlyer (Thread starter): The Lambert police chief is calling this incident a "hiccup" in the system. A hiccup? A HICCUP? A homeless man walking right through a perimeter checkpoint and onto a regional jet is a hiccup? It's freakin ridiculous! I'm trying to figure out, more than anything, how he got onto a plane. It must've been a CRJ or something with airstairs, not hooked up to a jetbridge or anything and he opened to door and went inside. Boy oh boy! -Idle

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Well thank your lucky stars it was a homeless guy. It could have been a crewmember with proper ID that made it to the airplane unchallenged by the thousands standing around.

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That is shocking. Hope the person/people responsible get a serious warning. Unacceptable!

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Quoting DualQual (Reply 3): Well thank your lucky stars it was a homeless guy. It could have been a crewmember with proper ID that made it to the airplane unchallenged by the thousands standing around. And they may have, God forbid, had a entire case of water with them. And hotel sized soap not in ziploc bags.

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This use to happen pre-911 every once in awhile. I remember reading about a kid who walke don to a an AA flight and sat down in F class and then got noticed cuz he wasnt on the manifest for F. .

" The Lambert police chief is calling this incident a "hiccup" in the system." That was some hiccup. An intruder gets onto airport property and makes his way onto a passenger plane. What would it be if he had planted a bomb, a bad cough? The chief should be fired for making such a blatantly stupid remark.

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Quoting Contrails (Reply 7): The Lambert police chief is calling this incident a "hiccup" in the system. It's only a hiccup because, fortunately, the man was not carrying any dangerous tooth paste. Just imagine what could've happened had he been in the posession of tooth paste!!!

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What I want to know is why he chose to nap in a regional jet? Why not just hang around the terminal??

The illusion of security! Ignore the man behind the curtain.......I wonder if he was able to get more then two bags past haha. I love this country.....

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Quoting RedChili (Reply 8): Just imagine what could've happened had he been in the posession of tooth paste!!! It would have had to been more than 3 oz. to be dangerous.

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Here's a little more detail on the story. Apparently the man was "hoping to get a ride to Chicago in one of the trucks parked at the airport." I'd assume he had in mind a ride on the Southwest bus.

Quoting Cubsrule (Reply 1): STL has some of the worst. Spoken like a true Cubs fan! (Said by another die hard Cubs fan).

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Quoting ChicagoFlyer (Thread starter): Looks like it happened at STL How much you want to bet it was Neil Page (Steve Martin) trying to hike back to the terminal after Marathon Car Rental left him out in the parking with keys to a car that wasn't there.

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Quoting A318 (Reply 9): What I want to know is why he chose to nap in a regional jet? Why not just hang around the terminal?? The terminal probably had too much security for him to sneak in. Gotta keep the terminal secure you know.

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Quoting DualQual (Reply 3): Well thank your lucky stars it was a homeless guy. Hey? Just because they're homeless doesn't mean they aren't smart! If my uncle had internet in his van I'm sure he'd give you a piece of his mind!

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Quoting Graphic (Reply 17): Hey? Just because they're homeless doesn't mean they aren't smart! If my uncle had internet in his van I'm sure he'd give you a piece of his mind! Oh how true that statement is, I live in Santa Cruz and believe it or not a large number of the homeless street guys, are ex silicon valley guys who can still write code and show you how to make your laptop sing. No I dont want to go there and up front response is that I find it very sad to find these people on the street but it is usually their choice bought about by use of chemical assistance!!! I work with some folks who will never ever be as inteligent as these guys who where, or still can be given the right incentive totally brilliant in there field. Roger

What I am trying to figure out is -- what was his secret to falling asleep on an RJ!?!

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Security needs to wake up. Its not always going to be a homeless man. regds MEL

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Quoting Briboy (Reply 19): What I am trying to figure out is -- what was his secret to falling asleep on an RJ!?! Simple: No pat-down = no Priapism

I Jaxorf way too much for my own good...

Maybe the man wanted to have the feeling of sleeping in his own private jet.

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Quoting FlyDeltaJets87 (Reply 14): How much you want to bet it was Neil Page (Steve Martin) trying to hike back to the terminal after Marathon Car Rental left him out in the parking with keys to a car that wasn't there ha ha ha! One of my favourite films... and some nice TWA shots too. "You can start by wiping that f*****g dumb-ass smile off your rosey f******g cheeks. Then you can give me a f*****g automobile. A f*****gDatsun. A f*****g Toyota. A f*****g Mustang. A f*****g Buick. Four f*****g wheels and a seat." Poetry.

Quoting DualQual (Reply 3): It could have been a crewmember with proper ID that made it to the airplane unchallenged by the thousands standing around. Hardly thousands. At the time it happened, the "guards" and mechanics were probably the only people around Quoting Contrails (Reply 7): The chief should be fired I ain't touchin' that with a fork lift........