??? I thought that channel was always monitored. If not, what's the use?
Wow, they’re getting sloppier by the day. Instead of Dumb and Dumber, they’re growing Stupider and Stupider! Must be taking democrat pills... ;)
The king called up his jet fighters
He said you better earn your pay
Drop your bombs between the minarets
Down the Casbah way
As soon as the Shareef was
Chauffeured outta there
The jet pilots tuned to
The cockpit radio blare
As soon as the Shareef was
Outta their hair
The jet pilots wailed
The Shareef don’t like it
Rock the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
The Shareef don’t like it
Rock the Casbah
Rock the Casbah
“My Dog Has Fleas”
Why in Sam Hell do we insist on telling everyone on this earth the methods we use to catch terrorists? Is it so they won’t make the same mistakes next time?
A bit frightening to think about. I guess this is bound to happen when the government makes it illegal to do background checks while hiring.
I notice they didn't mention the airline.
“...the two foreign pilots, one of whom was flying on an airline on an intelligence service watchlist...”
Huh? The airline was on a watchlist?
“Channel 121”? WTF? Seems the reporter is about as dumb as the towelheads who used it.
The reporter probably means 121.5 MHz, since 243.0 MHz (called the “Guard” channel) is monitored by the military and FAA ground sites only.
BTW, on trans-oceanic flights, when out of range of any VHF controlling facility, the radios are set; one on 121.5 MHz, and the other on 123.45 MHz. The first is for emergency use; 123.45 for chit-chat (some of it operational). Stateside, the FAA will have your butt if you are caught transmitting on 123.45, but if you set a radio to monitor that channel, from time to time you will hear interesting conversations.
The hairs go up on the back of my neck and I assume jihad is imminent wherever a muslime shows up. I would exit a plane that had a muslime pilot.