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Video: This Is How You Make Air Travel Safe
The United States is totally nuts not to adopt these procedures:
(hat tip Hot Air)
“Flying Imams” Lawsuit Upheld Against US Airways
A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by a group of imams against US Airways and a Minneapolis airport can proceed.
U.S. District Judge Ann Montgomery said in a 41-page opinion late yesterday that the imams, who say they were discriminated against when they were removed from a flight last year, have a plausible claim that their constitutional rights may have been violated.
The imams “have adequately stated a claim” that airport police may have “seized plaintiffs in violation of their Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures,” Judge Montgomery ruled.
Those Imams have a lot of nerve to sue the airlines. I wonder what the Prophet Muhammad would say about frivolous lawsuits and greed. Those are things you expect from an “infidel,” but not a group of distinguished Imams, especially “flying” Imams.
The fact that something like six different passengers complained to the aircrew about the behavior of the Imams. Supposedly there was anti-American talk and loud praying.
I will never hesitate to report suspicious Islamic activity anywhere. You can call me racist or whatever you want, but Americans have a right to be suspicious. If it were Irish Catholics trying to kill us all the time, I would be suspicious of them as well. Get over it “flying” Imams…and regular Imams too.
-Chris Jones
U.S. military to expand air space to ease holiday congestion
President Bush, citing “an epidemic of airline delays,” announced today that the U.S. military will open up air space to civilian airlines on the U.S. East Coast during the Thanksgiving holiday period.
In response to the worsening congestion, Bush announced a series of steps in advance of the Thanksgiving holidays, when 27 million passengers are expected to fly, and called on Congress to pass reforms for the long-term.
Among the other measures announced today, Bush said that the government would set up a website — www.fly.faa.gov — that would give passengers real-time information about delays, and would promulgate new regulations to double compensation for passengers — up to $800 – who are bumped from flights. The Federal Aviation Administration, he said, will also impose a holiday moratorium on nonessential maintenance projects, allowing all FAA personnel and equipment to focus on the task at hand.
The administration is also asking airlines to spread out their flights throughout the day and offer what Bush called “congestion pricing,” which has worked in other parts of the economy. And, he said, the FAA is looking at another rule that would define flight delays as “unfair and deceptive practices,” which come with a hefty monetary penalty.
