A different kind of SBD. (Longish)

[Auto]

Also, tolerance for people who act like idiots has gone way down since 9/11, but some people seem to have not gotten that memo.

Exactly.

After 9/11, airport/airline employees are far less likely to explain and apologize to jerks with a beef. They tell them once or twice, perhaps warn them once or twice -- and then call security.

And it's even tougher aboard the plane. If you don't listen to what they tell you to do, you're at risk for being arrested or worse, first having other passengers help restrain you until cops arrive.

There was a case a couple of years ago where a man began banging on the cockpit door as the plane began landing at Salt Lake City. The crew asked other passengers for help restraining him. They ended up accidently suffocating him to death.

Prosecutors in SLC declined to press charges of any kind against the passengers involved and the family civil suit against Southwest airlines and the passengers was tossed out of court.

The reasoning was that after 9/11, no one's fooling around anymore when air crews tell unruly passengers to behave. Misbehave in ways that scares the air crew into thinking you might be trying something dangerous and pretty much any kind of deadly force to stop you is considered reasonable and necessary.

Too bad we don't have such policies for treating retail customers who misbehave.

[Becks]

Sooooooooo...college basketball tickets are a matter of life and death. What do All Star Game tickets amount to?

Seriously, though, what an asshat.

[ditchdj]

I cant understand why people like him that have no tolerance for the ultra-strict security policies and unreliable service that airlines today provide (like me actually) cannot just simply make the choice NOT to fly! I choose to drive instead of fly because I want to be in control of MY trip with me and my family. Besides, it's a lot cheaper to drive than fly anyway.

[AFpheonix]

Originally, yes. In this case, it's Sucky Business Man.

Do you mean Sucky Business Dan? (SBD, not M)

[Gurndigarn]

Sooooooooo...college basketball tickets are a matter of life and death. What do All Star Game tickets amount to?

Nothing. Those have no correlation to the season record.

Playoff, on the other hand...

[Dreamstalker]

There was a case a couple of years ago where a man began banging on the cockpit door as the plane began landing at Salt Lake City. The crew asked other passengers for help restraining him. They ended up accidently suffocating him to death.

Was that what the CSI episode "Unfriendly Skies" was based on? Or was that episode aired before 9/11?

[Imogene]

Do you mean Sucky Business Dan? (SBD, not M)

Er, no, I meant Sucky Business Dude, as per the OP...
*blush*

[ArenaBoy]

Playoff, on the other hand...

Oh dear lord, do not remind me about playoffs. For the love of all things sane and insane do not remind me about playoffs. I am still having nightmares from 2 years ago thanks to playoffs.