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WCHA REFEREE Arrested

SJHovey said:
I disagree. The biggest idiot(s) are the TSA, gate and other airport personnel who reacted the way they did.

So let's assume it went down the way we're hearing. The two passengers show up. Someone makes a mistake in tagging or marking the bags, or whatever happened. Passenger feigns unhappiness over this error, joking about what happens if there is a bomb in his friend's bag (he could have just as easily said what happens if there is women's underwear in his friend's bag, a much more likely scenario). Airport/TSA employee (possibly embarrassed by their own mistake with the bag) then completely overreacts. Airport gets shut down. Guy gets arrested.

Let me tell you why explosives and other weapons make their way onto planes. It's not because more TSA/airport employees fail to act as this clown did. It's because too many of them have less common sense than a can of bean dip, or they're too busy looking for i-pads to rip off out of someone's bag.
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They both got processed at the same time going to the same place... As far as I've seen they put on the big and small barcode stickers on the bags. So basically they've swapped names.

You'd have to be a total WCHA hockey referee to bungle that one to be honest.
 
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SJHovey said:
I disagree. The biggest idiot(s) are the TSA, gate and other airport personnel who reacted the way they did.

So let's assume it went down the way we're hearing. The two passengers show up. Someone makes a mistake in tagging or marking the bags, or whatever happened. Passenger feigns unhappiness over this error, joking about what happens if there is a bomb in his friend's bag (he could have just as easily said what happens if there is women's underwear in his friend's bag, a much more likely scenario). Airport/TSA employee (possibly embarrassed by their own mistake with the bag) then completely overreacts. Airport gets shut down. Guy gets arrested.

Let me tell you why explosives and other weapons make their way onto planes. It's not because more TSA/airport employees fail to act as this clown did. It's because too many of them have less common sense than a can of bean dip, or they're too busy looking for i-pads to rip off out of someone's bag.
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You cannot joke about bombs in an airport. It's that simple.
 
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So let me guess, they found a bomb in the suitcase?

What, no?? I am shocked, absolutely shocked they didn't discover a bomb, what with that keen analysis and detective work by the airport/TSA personnel.

Is there anyone here, who when you read the report about what happened, really thought there was any possibility at all there was actually a bomb in that suitcase? So why should we give a pass to some clown who now says they had to shut down an airport and presumably do all sorts of inspections.

People should be mocked for stupidity in this story. But it's the airport personnel.

I think people ought to start saying the word "bomb" at airports. Maybe if everyone did it we'd stop all this nonsense.
 
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Suppose someone missed a connection because of this malarkey, and as a result lost out on a job offer/business deal or a sick loved one trapped at home died or something. Would there be grounds for a civil suit against him?
 
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An unconfirmed source has stated that the person in queston was actually misquoted. What he really said was:
"Working games in the NCHC next season is going to be the bomb..."

Ryan J
 
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Brenthoven said:
You cannot joke about bombs in an airport. It's that simple.
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It's advisable to not even use the B-word openly in any public location today, especially in an airport. 911 did that. Obviously, TSA is on alert with a procedural protocol in case of a bomb threat and it's a very serious matter. A major blunder on the refs part.
 
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Twitch Boy said:
Suppose someone missed a connection because of this malarkey, and as a result lost out on a job offer/business deal or a sick loved one trapped at home died or something. Would there be grounds for a civil suit against him?
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Doubtful that he would have the assets/insurance to cover such a lawsuit, secondly it would be very expensive to conduct a legal action like this against an individual that lives several thousand miles away, and thirdly it was the airport's decision to shut down, delay flights etc...

A more realistic question would be if the Airport would go after him for extra costs associated with the shutdown.

At the end of the day, the Airport probably overreacted and it sounds like the Airport is going to conduct an internal review of its procedures and policies. Its one thing to shut down Anchorage Airport at 1 AM, can you imagine if they shut down O'Hare, Atlanta or LAX at 5 pm?

Not sure if alcohol was a factor in this situation, but if the ref was/were drinking at the airport bar after checking in but before he made the comment to the gate agent, then that's pretty good reason to shut down the bar in the waiting area. You have to weigh the costs of having drunk passengers shutting down the airport vs the benefits of passengers having social drinks and profits from the bars.
 
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JohnsonsJerseys said:
An unconfirmed source has stated that the person in queston was actually misquoted. What he really said was:
"Working games in the NCHC next season is going to be the bomb..."

Ryan J
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LOL, but it would appear that your source incorrectly references the NCHC. He works games in Alaska, so next season it will be in the WCHA! ;)
 
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dggoddard said:
Doubtful that he would have the assets/insurance to cover such a lawsuit and secondly it was the airport's decision to shut down, delay flights etc...

A more realistic question would be if the Airport would go after him for extra costs associated with the shutdown.

At the end of the day, the Airport probably overreacted and it sounds like the Airport is going to conduct an internal review of its procedures and policies. Its one thing to shut down Anchorage Airport at 1 AM, can you imagine if they shut down O'Hare, Atlanta or LAX at 5 pm?

Not sure if alcohol was a factor in this situation, but if the ref was/were drinking at the airport bar after checking in but before he made the comment to the gate agent, then that's pretty good reason to shut down the bar in the waiting area. You have to weigh the costs of having drunk passengers shutting down the airport vs the benefits of passengers having social drinks and profits from the bars.
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How about the benefits of common sense? Everything we do these days is CYA... Zero tolerance, etc. It's rather sad. We've become a country that isn't allowed to make a decision based on the actual situation because we are legally obligated to overreact.
 
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dggoddard said:
Not sure if alcohol was a factor in this situation, but if the ref was/were drinking at the airport bar after checking in but before he made the comment to the gate agent, then that's pretty good reason to shut down the bar in the waiting area. You have to weigh the costs of having drunk passengers shutting down the airport vs the benefits of passengers having social drinks and profits from the bars.
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Shut.down.the.bar?? What about the toilets??:D
 
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stuckinwi said:
How about the benefits of common sense? Everything we do these days is CYA... Zero tolerance, etc. It's rather sad. We've become a country that isn't allowed to make a decision based on the actual situation because we are legally obligated to overreact.
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Agree 100%

We don't arrest every person who speeds, doesn't come to a complete stop at a Stop Sign or litters. At the end of the day Airport personnel need to use better judgement.

Doubtful that there's ever been an act of terrorism after somebody made a failed attempt at humor.
 
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dggoddard said:
Doubtful that there's ever been an act of terrorism after somebody made a failed attempt at humor.
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As much as you may be right, one of the first things after 9/11 that people had to realize was those kinds of jokes just weren't going to work in that situation. I fly a lot for work and also just for fun ... the thought of making a joke about a bomb at the airport doesn't even appear in my thought process.
 
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Brenthoven said:
You don't say "Hi, Jack!" to your buddy at the airport, and you don't joke about bombs.
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I had an Uncle who was a security guard @ Mitchell Field in Milwaukee 25 yrs ago, way before all the 911 spawned protocol, his name was Jack. He always used to joke around and say "if you see me in the airport, don't yell out 'Hi Jack!'".

Mis-labeling a suitecase is a BIG problem. What if his buddy's case had drugs or nasty porn crap in it? He could have got tossed in jail for something he didn't do and have no way out. There should be repercussions to that.

The last thing anyone who is trying to sneak something on a plane is going to do is mention a an airport/airline employee that they have an illegal object in their suitcase to begin with. (When I can across the border @ International Falls in July, do you think I told the US Border Patrol guy I had 100 walleye fillets hidden in the seats of my pick-up? ;) ) I think a little common sense should have been applied. Surely they could have dealt with this without shutting down the entire airport.

So when I'm at a UW hockey game, I shouldn't say loudly "wow, that shot was a bomb, eh?!"
 
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You have to be careful this day and age. Back when he was still playing with UMD, my wife and I were on the same plane one time with Jack Connolly on Delta, on our way catch a connecting flight to Orlando in Minneapolis, MN. He was sitting right in the 2nd row wearing a UMD cap, listening to his headphones.....so all I said was, in a loud voice, "HI JACK"!....... and they stopped the boarding and I got escorted off the plane......:D :eek:
 
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