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Quoting N766UA (Reply 3): Ramp agents do this stuff all the time, though typically on the interiors of bins. If you look in the grime and brake dust of a landing gear door, for example, though, you'll certainly see a note or 2 that ramp agents have left for whoever gets the plane next! |
Quoting TZTriStar500 (Reply 4): I think NW used to have no grafitti placards on their cargo compartment walls. I tend to think this is quite the overreaction. |
Quoting usscvr (Reply 9): And secondly, I am not familiar with a heat sensitive etching process. Does anyone know what kind of process this may be? |
Quoting planespotting (Reply 17): All aircraft in the United States have Arabic symbols on them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_...mbers |
Quoting SZDC10 (Reply 20): American xenophobia? Please don't make me laugh. You're darn right it's a security threat. You have no clue what is being written on our aircraft, nor do you apparently have a clue which region of the world attacked us 10 years ago. Get over yourself. |
Quoting DesertFlyer (Reply 20): For all we know it says "Chris was here." I'm betting the article doesn't have all the information. |
Quoting malaysia (Reply 23): Wish they could show examples or any samples of what was exactly seen? |
Quoting AA777 (Reply 26): This would not show up on the news if it was written in oh, IDK, Japanese or Russian.... It must be a terrorist plot to kill people or something dubious!!!! |
Quoting N766UA (Reply 3): Ramp agents do this stuff all the time, though typically on the interiors of bins. If you look in the grime and brake dust of a landing gear door, for example, though, you'll certainly see a note or 2 that ramp agents have left for whoever gets the plane next! |
Quoting usscvr (Reply 8): And secondly, I am not familiar with a heat sensitive etching process. Does anyone know what kind of process this may be? |
Quoting 0NEWAIR0 (Reply 27): |
Quoting AA777 (Reply 26): |
Quoting AA777 (Reply 26): This is only news because the symbols are in "Arabic".... yet to be confirmed... could me a number of languages. |
Quoting malioil (Reply 30): My thoughts exactly. I was about to write the same thing when I saw both of your posts. |
Quoting UnitedTristar (Reply 9): That was after an employee murdered a supervisor and bin graffitti was part of the problems of what lead to it. Not an overreaction at all! |
Quoting mayor (Reply 5): When I was working in SHV in '80-'82, we had a war going with LIT.......all sorts of things written on the bin walls. |
Quoting TZTriStar500 (Reply 32): I meant that this entire WN grafitti issue was an overreaction |
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 21): In this case what was written, where it was written and how it was written is cause for concern. |
Quoting gokmengs (Reply 35): I don't kow if anyone posted this already but gawker.com has photos of the so called "arabic signs". Here is the link: http://gawker.com/5843021/here-are-p...iti-terrorizing-southwest-airlines |
Quoting 0NEWAIR0 (Reply 27): If Pearl Harbor was attacked 10 years ago I bet you that this would show up in the news if it was written in Japanese. |
Quoting gokmengs (Reply 35): http://gawker.com/5843021/here-are-p...iti-terrorizing-southwest-airlines |
Quoting 0NEWAIR0 (Reply 27): If Pearl Harbor was attacked 10 years ago I bet you that this would show up in the news if it was written in Japanese. |
Quoting chuchoteur (Reply 12): On a 737, the rear APU cone is relatively accessible, particularly on the underside... maybe some tall guy or some such, doesn't necessarily imply high tech or priviledged access aside from airside access. |
Quoting KU747 (Reply 36): http://gawker.com/5843021/here-are-p...iti-terrorizing-southwest-airlines They must be kidding!!! What is this??? |
Quoting Silver1SWA (Reply 34): This isn't your typical ramp cargo bin graffiti issue. I'll repeat what I said above... |
Quoting gokmengs (Reply 35): I don't kow if anyone posted this already but gawker.com has photos of the so called "arabic signs". Here is the link: http://gawker.com/5843021/here-are-p...lines |
Quoting TZTriStar500 (Reply 32): I was not aware of the reasoning behind why NW had them. |
Quoting TZTriStar500 (Reply 41): I'll repeat what I said earlier....this is nonsense. |