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flyover · August 19th, 2004, 14:16

OK fair enough. I think it is a legitimate question.

My beef has been that this woman has been so villified. She wasn't alone, by any means, in her concern. The FAM said this for the TIME article:

>> About 25 minutes after takeoff, a flight attendant discreetly told the FAM that she thought the men were "acting suspiciously" and were congregating near one of the lavatories in the back of the plane. He alerted another marshal on the plane and also told the flight attendant to notify the captain. A short while later, the FAM asked the flight crew member to get physical descriptions of the men and their seat numbers.<<

Ms. Jacobsen said the flight attendant crew was so shook by these guys they were not doing well at reassuring the passengers. So I think Jacobsen deserves some credit. She brought up some legitimate questions. The standard that airline crews are supposed to use is "behavior" not ethnicity. Well these guys were behaving inappropriately (at best) and asking people to ignore their ethnicity is asking them to be deliberately stupid.

August 19th, 2004, 14:16	#46
flyover Old Skool Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 3,389	Re: NWA 327: Dry run for terrorists or misundersta OK fair enough. I think it is a legitimate question. My beef has been that this woman has been so villified. She wasn't alone, by any means, in her concern. The FAM said this for the TIME article: >> About 25 minutes after takeoff, a flight attendant discreetly told the FAM that she thought the men were "acting suspiciously" and were congregating near one of the lavatories in the back of the plane. He alerted another marshal on the plane and also told the flight attendant to notify the captain. A short while later, the FAM asked the flight crew member to get physical descriptions of the men and their seat numbers.<< Ms. Jacobsen said the flight attendant crew was so shook by these guys they were not doing well at reassuring the passengers. So I think Jacobsen deserves some credit. She brought up some legitimate questions. The standard that airline crews are supposed to use is "behavior" not ethnicity. Well these guys were behaving inappropriately (at best) and asking people to ignore their ethnicity is asking them to be deliberately stupid.