September 18, 2006

Thinking outside the box

According to this story in AvWeb...

[Getting on my soapbox: AvWeb is a great news source, they do a terrific job of covering aviation, but their website drives me crazy 'cause they do a terrible job of providing permalinks to their content. It annoys us bloggers, and hurts themselves by reducing the number of "long-tail" visitors.]

... this jerk, who led police on a car chase across an airport, is being charged with "Using A Device To Disrupt Service".

Maybe we can get rid of the ridiculous airport security by charging the x-ray checkers with the same thing.

FYI, here's the AvWeb news item:

A man who allegedly led police on a high-speed chase on a runway at South Florida International Airport could face up to 20 years in jail. Jack Brems has been indicted on charges of Using A Device To Disrupt Service after an Aug. 8 incident in which a vehicle was chased by police around the airport, ducking under aircraft, including one taking off…
Posted by jackhodgson at September 18, 2006 11:04 AM