Posted on 03/09/2012 6:23:40 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
CHICAGO An American Airlines flight attendant disrupted a flight Friday morning as it was about to take off from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, saying over the aircraft intercom system that the plane was going to crash, alluding to the Sept. 11 attacks and ranting about the airline's bankruptcy reorganization, passengers said.
Passengers restrained the flight attendant until airport police arrived.
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“The latest medications can make this condition virtually invisible in many people.”
Yes, but the key there is you have to keep taking the medications. Most people probably do, but there are plenty of people with mood disorders that go “off their meds” from time to time.
The government shouldn’t be forcing us to take such risks by employing these folks in high-risk or critical jobs. The government loves trying to take away these folks’ 2nd Amendment rights, but they insist that we must tolerate them as police, prison guards, flight attendants, and who knows what other positions where they can put other people in unnecessary jeopardy.
Maybe she heard it’s Panic Day on FR’s OFST.
Those doors can’t be opened in flight and only some pilots have guns...but they all have a hatchet in the cockpit... just saying the flight attendants can do little damage relatively speaking. This one had a break down of some kind and will likely be medically “retired”...
Yeah, the passengers showed great restraint. Probably because she was on the flight crew, and who knows what kind of trouble you would get in for laying a hand on them these days, even if they are flipping out.
I suggest that you look the term up in your Funk & Wagnalls. ;o)
It’s away over MY head, but I’ve seen news reports of these people “going off” unexpectedly, and engaging on wild behavior ranging from screaming fits to murder.
we know one thing for sure:
SHE MUST BE A DEMOCRAT.
If they knew — there might not even BE a medical exam involved, or it only involves such things as visual acuity and physical strength. They’d never know about her mind if she didn’t tell them.
Yes, they're recruiting only the top supermarket baggers now.
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