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TFR announced over New York City
Emily writes:
Does this frighten anyone else? Yes. Not only does it mean lots of hysterical false alarms thanks to CNN, but it also means that the bad guys can do what they want, as long as they can avoid being on TV. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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TFR announced over New York City
Bob Noel writes:
Is CNN a source information or not? It's not. It's a for-profit corporation. Its objective is to sell advertising, which it does by broadcasting things that people want to see. Any information that transpires during the course of this activity is incidental. Why would you want NORAD to NOT use a source of information? When the source is demonstrably unreliable. Remember, not too long ago, CNN claimed that a giant meteor was hurtling towards our planet. Was the aircraft on a flight plan? If not, would you expect NORAD to know the aircraft's intentions? Is NORAD supposed to know the intentions of every plane in the sky? What is the downside of scrambling? A hundred million dollars or so. It's not like they gave any order to shoot. It's not like they can fly for free. Do you expect NORAD to have this magic sensor array where they know the whereabouts of every single airborne target? I expect them to keep cool heads and exercise good judgement. Making decisions based on CNN's Breaking News is not in line with those objectives. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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TFR announced over New York City
Emily writes:
If I was calling the shots, I wouldn't call for air support. I don't believe in shooting down an unarmed civilian airliner simply because it MIGHT be used as a weapon. But that's because you're a pilot. Most people consider aircraft to be dangerous and potential terrorist weapons except on the rare occasions when they are riding in an aircraft themselves. GA aircraft are always suspect because normal people never ride in GA aircraft. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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Roy Smith wrote: It's a no brainer, right? FSS is the official information source, and CNN's just CNN, right? Yep. CNN is a source. Obviously stuff reported on CNN needs to be confirmed. But it's still a source -- Bob Noel Looking for a sig the lawyers will hate |
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TFR announced over New York City
Rick wrote:
Imagine the political fallout if they didn't take action. Exactly my thought. |
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"B A R R Y" wrote in message m... Rick wrote: Imagine the political fallout if they didn't take action. Exactly my thought. Ask any emergency response crew and they'll tell you that even though they're 98% sure it's a false alarm, they still respond as if it real. |
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"Dave Stadt" wrote in message om... Exactly, we ought to be launching the fighters at any sign of trouble. I'm sure the F16 pilots won't mind. Yes, for every automobile accident we should scramble the entire military so as to spread panic amongst the entire population and show everyone that 'something' is being done. Never mind the fact no one knows what to do where or why. Dave, they actually did that in Portland during the filming of the movie "The Hunted." Some ultralight pilot in Scapoose made a joke about flying his kite into a building while he was fueling up, and the attendant decided to freak out about three hours later. He called the police, who called the OANG, who scrambled fighters up the river through downtown looking for something to shoot down.... ....nobody told them that they were filming a war scene for The Hunted right near the industrial section/port about then. Apparently, some of the background noise in the war scene includes scrambled F-15s wondering WTH had just blown up. -c |
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"Emily" wrote in message . .. Owen wrote: snip So if you were calling the shots, how long would you have waited to call for air support? If I was calling the shots, I wouldn't call for air support. I don't believe in shooting down an unarmed civilian airliner simply because it MIGHT be used as a weapon. Just because the fighters are there doesn't mean they are going to shoot someone down. |
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... Gig 601XL Builder writes: Exactly, we ought to be launching the fighters at any sign of trouble. I'm sure the F16 pilots won't mind. Have you checked the cost of launching the fighters? On the job training. |
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gatt writes:
...nobody told them that they were filming a war scene for The Hunted right near the industrial section/port about then. Apparently, some of the background noise in the war scene includes scrambled F-15s wondering WTH had just blown up. The movie producers should have informed CNN, the official information source for NORAD. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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