DLX737200 From United States, joined May 2001, 1432 posts, RR: 21 Reply 2, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 7363 times:
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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DualQual From United States, joined Mar 2006, 148 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 21 hours ago) and read 7296 times:
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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Daleaholic From United Kingdom (England), joined Oct 2005, 2297 posts, RR: 12 Reply 4, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 7006 times:
That is shocking. Hope the person/people responsible get a serious warning. Unacceptable!
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Futurecaptain From , joined today!, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 17 hours ago) and read 6839 times:
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.
EXAAUADL From United States, joined Jun 2006, 3085 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 6680 times:
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. .
Contrails From United States, joined Oct 2000, 1386 posts, RR: 2 Reply 7, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 6680 times:
" 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.
RedChili From Norway, joined Jul 2005, 1476 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 6629 times:
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!!!
DC10Widebody From United States, joined Apr 2006, 99 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 6114 times:
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.....
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.
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.
Seafleet From United States, joined Aug 2005, 84 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (2 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 3511 times:
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.
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