Comments on: Thoughts on the incident above Blenheim http://krook.net/archives/216 Daniel Krook is an IBM Certified IT Specialist based in the greater New York City area. He has over ten years experience in Web application development and presently builds a Cloud infrastructure for IBM using Java EE, DB2, REST, and BlackBerry. He holds certifications in PHP (ZCE), Java (SCJP, SCWCD), BlackBerry (BCAD), DB2 (ICDAssoc., ICAD), and Solaris (SCSA). He occasionally writes PHP-related articles for IBM developerWorks and co-authored the IBM Redbook 'Developing PHP Applications for IBM Data Servers.' Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:58:34 -0500 hourly 1 By: Chris Snyder http://krook.net/archives/216/comment-page-1#comment-35738 Chris Snyder Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:25:35 +0000 http://krook.net/archives/216#comment-35738 I'm pretty sure they'll take it in stride, but it would be a shame to see them respond with American-style hysteria. The first thing I thought when I heard the story was, what are the chances that the plane could make it all the way to Australia? I think the pilots knew they weren't dealing with a criminal mastermind. Because most flights within New Zealand use smallish aircraft, you can just show up at the airport 10 minutes before the flight leaves and walk onto the plane. It's like getting on a bus. I’m pretty sure they’ll take it in stride, but it would be a shame to see them respond with American-style hysteria.

The first thing I thought when I heard the story was, what are the chances that the plane could make it all the way to Australia? I think the pilots knew they weren’t dealing with a criminal mastermind.

Because most flights within New Zealand use smallish aircraft, you can just show up at the airport 10 minutes before the flight leaves and walk onto the plane. It’s like getting on a bus.

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