"Air marshals cover only a few flights"

"Zoeliz" wrote in message
...
ou only need to have 7-8 bad guys on a plane.

So which are the flights not to go on? I'm planning a trip between the UK
and
the US in a few weeks and I'm getting frightened of taking the trip.

Zoe



But are you more frightened of terrorists or of Air Marshalls making bad
decisions ?

"Zoeliz" wrote in message
...
ou only need to have 7-8 bad guys on a plane.

So which are the flights not to go on? I'm planning a trip between the UK
and
the US in a few weeks and I'm getting frightened of taking the trip.

Zoe



But are you more frightened of terrorists or of Air Marshalls making bad
decisions ?

Miss L. Toe extrapolated from data available...




But are you more frightened of terrorists or of Air Marshalls making
bad decisions ?




Air Travel "FEAR FACTOR" Ratings (in descending order of severity)....

1, Lasagna the only entree available

2. Inexplicable, unpredictable, unpreventable mechanical failure
AKA "The F*cking Fickle Finger of Fate points your way."

3. Middles seat filled with traveling unbathed Bulgarian Weightlifters

4. Pilot error

5. Two legs on UA

6. Pants fall off after removing belt

7. Braniff or Eastern return to skies

8. Violent Thunderstorms/Widshear/Downdraft after a/c in final approach

9. Terrorists

10. Sky Marshall making bad decision

Miss L. Toe extrapolated from data available...




But are you more frightened of terrorists or of Air Marshalls making
bad decisions ?




Air Travel "FEAR FACTOR" Ratings (in descending order of severity)....

1, Lasagna the only entree available

2. Inexplicable, unpredictable, unpreventable mechanical failure
AKA "The F*cking Fickle Finger of Fate points your way."

3. Middles seat filled with traveling unbathed Bulgarian Weightlifters

4. Pilot error

5. Two legs on UA

6. Pants fall off after removing belt

7. Braniff or Eastern return to skies

8. Violent Thunderstorms/Widshear/Downdraft after a/c in final approach

9. Terrorists

10. Sky Marshall making bad decision

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:49:10 -0500, Olivers
wrote:

Miss L. Toe extrapolated from data available...




But are you more frightened of terrorists or of Air Marshalls making
bad decisions ?




Air Travel "FEAR FACTOR" Ratings (in descending order of severity)....

1, Lasagna the only entree available

2. Inexplicable, unpredictable, unpreventable mechanical failure
AKA "The F*cking Fickle Finger of Fate points your way."

3. Middles seat filled with traveling unbathed Bulgarian Weightlifters

4. Pilot error

5. Two legs on UA

6. Pants fall off after removing belt

7. Braniff or Eastern return to skies

8. Violent Thunderstorms/Widshear/Downdraft after a/c in final approach

9. Terrorists

10. Sky Marshall making bad decision



Good joke, Olivers,

I am pleasantly surprised to discover that you have a sense of humor.

On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 09:49:10 -0500, Olivers
wrote:

Miss L. Toe extrapolated from data available...




But are you more frightened of terrorists or of Air Marshalls making
bad decisions ?




Air Travel "FEAR FACTOR" Ratings (in descending order of severity)....

1, Lasagna the only entree available

2. Inexplicable, unpredictable, unpreventable mechanical failure
AKA "The F*cking Fickle Finger of Fate points your way."

3. Middles seat filled with traveling unbathed Bulgarian Weightlifters

4. Pilot error

5. Two legs on UA

6. Pants fall off after removing belt

7. Braniff or Eastern return to skies

8. Violent Thunderstorms/Widshear/Downdraft after a/c in final approach

9. Terrorists

10. Sky Marshall making bad decision



Good joke, Olivers,

I am pleasantly surprised to discover that you have a sense of humor.

Zoeliz wrote in message ...
ou only need to have 7-8 bad guys on a plane.

So which are the flights not to go on? I'm planning a trip between the UK
and
the US in a few weeks and I'm getting frightened of taking the trip.


Despite regular alerts and warnings, and elevated 'threat colors' since
9/11, nothing has ever happened.
Which is not to say that it couldn't, but that the odds of your being
involved are infinitesimally small.

The administration will of course claim that nothing has happened because of
the alerts, warnings etc. etc., a stance which (conveniently) cannot be
proven or disproven. If we knew when or indeed if Al Q'aida will strike
again, we could dispense with 99% of the current security nonsense. But
since we don't, the Jacobsen School of Paranoia rules.

Relax.

Zoeliz wrote in message ...
ou only need to have 7-8 bad guys on a plane.

So which are the flights not to go on? I'm planning a trip between the UK
and
the US in a few weeks and I'm getting frightened of taking the trip.


Despite regular alerts and warnings, and elevated 'threat colors' since
9/11, nothing has ever happened.
Which is not to say that it couldn't, but that the odds of your being
involved are infinitesimally small.

The administration will of course claim that nothing has happened because of
the alerts, warnings etc. etc., a stance which (conveniently) cannot be
proven or disproven. If we knew when or indeed if Al Q'aida will strike
again, we could dispense with 99% of the current security nonsense. But
since we don't, the Jacobsen School of Paranoia rules.

Relax.

Relax.

Hi,

I do appreciate the rational thought behind all you have said--I know that
you're right. But, I have been a nervous flyer since 1968! Of course, all the
dire warnings in the newspapers don't help matters.

What are the Jacobsen School of Paranoia rules?

Zoe

Relax.

Hi,

I do appreciate the rational thought behind all you have said--I know that
you're right. But, I have been a nervous flyer since 1968! Of course, all the
dire warnings in the newspapers don't help matters.

What are the Jacobsen School of Paranoia rules?

Zoe