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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (5190)	9/4/2002 5:10:32 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 12231

Jon, the alleged "fight" didn't force the plane's return, the pilot decided to take the plane back instead of doing the sensible thing and continuing to the destination. <Fight Forces Plane's Return to N.C.> I imagine this is yet another example of out of control wacko aircrew over-reacting to slight disorder, caused, as usual, by themselves initially, due to incompetence. The passenger will presumably counter-sue the useless airline for spilling water on him and damaging his clothes, disposition and equanimity. One puts oneself in the care of these people and they tip water on you - or worse. Fred, a dinkum red-blooded Yank, is abandoning the USA as a 'gone nuts' looney bin. fredoneverything.net Maybe the wet passenger was an obnoxious belligerent prat, [there are enough of them around], but maybe not. I've seen enough of airline bun-runners to know that they aren't the brightest bulbs on the Xmas tree and many have an authoritarian streak which wouldn't be out of place in a Nazi SS camp. The absurd behaviour by aircrew and Homeland Security, where F16 fighters escort an airliner to the nearest base because somebody had a fag in the dunny, is becoming a running joke. Would the F16 fighters shoot the plane down because somebody had a fag, or just what was their intention? Do they practise military manoeuvres on civilians? Do they have a sense of proportion? No wonder Fred is leaving town. No wonder Geoff Goodfellow prefers to take his chances with Prague floods. No wonder there are heaps of Americans living here. Mqurice