OA260 From Ireland, joined Nov 2006, 24924 posts, RR: 60 Posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1741 times:
Just wondered how many A netters avoid certain carriers due to the fact that they may be a target??? Do you think that certain carriers are less of a target than others??? For example would you avoid BA or AA if the terror threat was red???
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1stfl94 From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 1455 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 1683 times:
Works the other way around though. I know someone who after Lockerbie had a London New York flight booked on Pan Am and his wife was really worried about the alert, but he pointed that at that point in time(think it was Jan/Feb '89) Pan Am was probably the most secure airline across the Atlantic given what happened.
I have flown BA in the middle of terror alert and at same time, I knew someone flying at the same time on the same route only on Virgin and they had a lot less security. National Carriers are more prone to terror alerts, but I guess in the USA it's a bit different as there ins't really a national airline.
PlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 11136 posts, RR: 63 Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 1672 times:
I'm really not disturbed by terror threats, they will not make me change my plans, I would never give them that satisfaction of making me scared. Even if I was on a BA flight and one BA plane was blown up, think of the odds that I am on that exact flight, it's remote, not impossible, but highly unlikely. I'd probably have a 1% chance of being unlucky at most.
BPS3458 From Australia, joined Oct 2006, 522 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1654 times:
Quoting Mohavewolfpup (Reply 2): don't need the color to be red to avoid flying AA, delta, northwest, etc. deadly anytime of the year, fake terrorism panic or not
TrijetsRMissed From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2099 posts, RR: 6 Reply 6, posted (6 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 1647 times:
Quoting Mohavewolfpup (Reply 2): don't need the color to be red to avoid flying AA, delta, northwest, etc. deadly anytime of the year, fake terrorism panic or not
True, no doubt about it. But I do believe AA, UA, BA, etc are the prime targets for Middle Eastern Muslim terrorists who hate Christians, and most of all the US. I just hope we do not have another PA103.
Burnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 7411 posts, RR: 9 Reply 7, posted (6 years 4 months 5 days 19 hours ago) and read 1596 times:
Quoting Mohavewolfpup (Reply 2): don't need the color to be red to avoid flying AA, delta, northwest, etc. deadly anytime of the year, fake terrorism panic or not
Huh, that doesn't make any sense. Other then AA most people don't really recognize DL or NW as main US carriers.
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TrijetsRMissed From United States of America, joined Oct 2006, 2099 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (6 years 4 months 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 1571 times:
Quoting BA787 (Reply 8): the security is going to be so tight that nothing will happen anyway.
I worry about it being an inside job by airport personnel who live double lives as terrorists. You can't write anything off these days, as crazy as it may sound. Just look at all the Muslim workers that were ordered to resign from CDG last year because of strong suspicions.
The other thing that is worrisome is the fact that not many airports are able to detect plastic explosives. SFO and ATL are a couple of the exceptions. And then there are the explosives that are built inside appliances. For instance, the bomb the brought down PA103 was actually inside a cassette player boom box. It looked just like any other Sony on the outside.
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