The totally off-topic thread

[TheRealTMA]

Ah. CDG it is then.

Or Vienna. Maybe Glasgow with CD to Edinburgh? EK F all the way!

 

[Pushka]

Mmmm. Irresistible.

 

[whatmeworry]

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Mmmm. Irresistible.

Obviously it's the vote for government business bonus.

 

[Bundy Bear]

Every so often on Flyertalk you find some posts that are classics.



For those who think they've seen everything...




For those who don't have FT accounts, (where have you been)

AA flight 102 last night from HNL to DFW, a guy wore his inflatable life jacket the entire flight (and this was in first class).

The flight attendant said that after 32 years, she thought she had seen everything.

 

[JohnK]

EA and I decided to fly first to Venice on EK but only book economy on the way back just in case we needed a return ticket for entry. We dont need F return as we had no intention of returning

We were 'home alone' in the office at the time and thought we would just text the rest of the crew from the airport.

And I thought my posts were cryptic. Reference to a movie or you finding a small sum of money mysteriously appear in your account and thinking of doing a runner? EA? Executive Assistant?

 

[whatmeworry]

Every so often on Flyertalk you find some posts that are classics.

For those who think they've seen everything...

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[Mal]

Seems like 60 minutes got a get out of jail free card...

60 Minutes: Crew's anguish led to personal charges over child abduction being dropped, Ali Elamine claims

Shame, they deserved to be punished.

 

[Foreigner]

The greater shame is the abductor team has been hung out to dry.

 

[love_the_life]

Sad to read that Victoria Wood, English comedian and writer, has died. She was only 62.

 

[Mal]

The greater shame is the abductor team has been hung out to dry.

Tbh, I have less sympathy for them than I do for 60 minutes crew.

 

[Pushka]

And I thought my posts were cryptic. Reference to a movie or you finding a small sum of money mysteriously appear in your account and thinking of doing a runner? EA? Executive Assistant?

$97,000 is plenty enough for me to play with when it is unexpected. And Yes to the runner and yes to the EA. Not Secretaries anymore.

 

[Pushka]

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Tbh, I have less sympathy for them than I do for 60 minutes crew.

Kind of like trying to sort out which is the more noble of the criminal gang though.

 

[Hvr]

Seems like 60 minutes got a get out of jail free card...

60 Minutes: Crew's anguish led to personal charges over child abduction being dropped, Ali Elamine claims

Shame, they deserved to be punished.

They paid a massive bribe for the civil charges to be dropped.

Now an interesting scenario, they've been released on bail for the criminal charges and left Lebanon. If they don't return they may be tried and convicted in abstentia. A criminal conviction may hinder future travel prospects and possibly problems in other areas of their life.

I reckon this story has a bit of life in it yet.

As for the kidnappers (let's use the correct term here) well they've done it before and will do it again. Time for some serious punishment to be dished out.

 

[Foreigner]

Tbh, I have less sympathy for them than I do for 60 minutes crew.

You're right...they were there for just commercial gain.

 

[Mal]

You're right...they were there for just commercial gain.

One would suspect that they were the ones who did the actual kidnap and alleged assault of the Grandmother. Whereas allegedly, 60 minutes just financed the operation.

 

[Pushka]

One would suspect that they were the ones who did the actual kidnap and alleged assault of the Grandmother. Whereas allegedly, 60 minutes just financed the operation.

And none of it would have happened without that finance. Which makes them the king pin.

 

[medhead]

Seems like 60 minutes got a get out of jail free card...

60 Minutes: Crew's anguish led to personal charges over child abduction being dropped, Ali Elamine claims

Shame, they deserved to be punished.

The greater shame is the abductor team has been hung out to dry.

Yeah, don't wrong about the children who'll never see their mother again. Don't worry that the father is a kidnapper. Don't worry that the daughter faces a life of servitude. just focus on the big issues.
I'm sickened.

You're right...they were there for just commercial gain.

Yeah, because 60 minutes isn't trying to make money.

 

[Princess Fiona]

Every so often on Flyertalk you find some posts that are classics.

For those who think they've seen everything...

Brilliant

 

[get me outta here]

Meanwhile, the children who according to the father wanted to go home to Australia come off this very much 2nd best. He thinks he is shielding his children from this, but parents need to keep in mind that children grow up and they may not think that what he has been instrumental in dealing has been at all noble, and that it probably ensures that they will never come home until whatever Lebanese male centric law allows them a passport. History will all be there on film.

 

[Hvr]

Yeah, don't wrong about the children who'll never see their mother again. Don't worry that the father is a kidnapper. Don't worry that the daughter faces a life of servitude. just focus on the big issues.
I'm sickened.



Yeah, because 60 minutes isn't trying to make money.

Without defending the father he didn't kidnap the children. The mother allowed them to travel to Lebanon with an assurance they would later return to Australia. He reneged and refused to return them, but never kidnapped them. A reprehensible act but not kidnapping.

I suspect you're correct about the future of the daughter.