Real Americans

It is ironic that my previous blog mentioned what the news says about fear in the American public.  You will note that within a day or two there was a flight that left New York for Las Vegas, flight 191.  There was a problem with the captain who was having difficulty determining what was real and what was not.  The co-captain who's name I do not know, is a hero in all this, as he convinced the captain to leave the cockpit.  Surely, that took a lot of skill to accomplish that feat.  The professional crew did there part, as well.

There was another component of this that falls exactly in line with my previous blog and that is the fearless American public.  The passengers restrained this flight captain, without being asked.  They knew instinctively what had to be done and they accomplished it.  You will note there was a video of part of this event that should be watched over and over to prove my points about Americans in general and ones in an emergency specifically.  One, there was no yelling and screaming from the passengers.  Two, there were male passengers lined up in the isle waiting their turn, if need be, to make sure this captain remained in a position where he could do no harm to the aircraft and passengers.

There may be another air hijacking of an aircraft in America, but from my experience it will not happen because the "fearful", to hear the news reporters tell it, American public will no longer allow "their" aircraft to be taken over without a massive fight.  It will be them or us and my vote is with us.  Everyone that was involved with that incident was referred to as a hero by the news services the day of and the day after flight 191 was diverted and landed safely.

But as is their method, several days later the newspapers talked about the fear of the passengers in stories.  Here goes; Hello news services and newspapers, we are not afraid.  Yes, we are concerned when something like this happens, but the one who will be afraid will be the one we feed isle carpet to on an aircraft they try to hijack while we are on it.  All you reports give up the fear factor, it is not us the American public, speak for yourselves.  If you want to be shaking in your boots, go for it, but the American public will just keep doing what it has always done, take care of business and move on.  Report the facts guys, that's all we ask.