wake up call
If you're a vintage gear aficionado ... beware, be-warned!
Imagine these are items inside your carry on luggage: a red darkroom timer, a freakish looking vintage camera, and an Alienware laptop. While flying, then fiddling with them, at the same time Googling for how to use that old-timey device, you'd end up on an unwanted airport tarmac being pinned down, body searched, and get to be photographed/videographed of your ultimate humiliation by fellow passgengers. Only then to be seen online hours later by the whole wide world to catch a glimpse of what kind of creature you are whom visually terrorizing decent citizens while cruishing on air.
Oh btw, you also are given a label on TVs, a potential "terrorist". How cool is that?
petapixel.com/2021/10/11/mans-vintage-camera-mistaken-for...
www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-camera-laguardi...
Now, should the paranoid passenger be blamed for being ignorant of tech gears? (Certainly, not me)
Or the crews whom did not do the basic "first thing", checking out the young man and his "stuffs" (like pretending serving extra juices) for themselves to validify the b..b claim. Because the b..b assertion is deadly SERIOUS. Of course, the crews should not take it lightly, but should not be simply either. We don't dare to say that word even as a casual conversation while traveling on air. Right? (So for me, the crews seem to fail this task. Hope I'm wrong.)
What is your thought?
But the chaos on tarmac was a mess, so improperly handled by the security task force. As the subject being held down on ground, the passengers were still within feet from him, and casually walking around like a false alarm. Most of us for sure would run the hell away from that plane for our lives, or be shoved away by security if we don't move fast enough, right. But nah, that wasn't the case in the video. And nobody knows that the whole thing was just a paranoia (fortunately), until ... many hours later.
So what if the situation was real (not that we ever want it be)? Remember in any b..b threat dramas, security people don't just come and check out the device instantly. They sent robot, scanner, suited b..b tech, and who knows whatelse before being able to determine what that is, actually. Back to the tarmac drama, why the hell they let people just walking carelessly around like that, and also allowing the filming, and then posting with freedom of labelling. If the real device went off at that mishandled moment, ... just hellish.
I can't imagine the scare, humiliation, hurt (gladly likely not physically) to this young photog. I hope someone, some thing must compensate him ... along with a sincere apology. And pray his gem collection not being dismantled by often arrogant task force people, as it can be very expensive to redeem if damaged. Some in auction houses priced at $mil. In my case, the custom people tore up several boxes of my vintage lens likely suspecting the old days tarnished cushion material to be potential hidden drug or something. But then left the super mess as is in every searched package. Yep, they didn't even bother to clean up "their lousy act." Initially, I complained the seller with photos proof. And he/she was shock that wasn't how they packed the package. Of course, not. We also heard often in news police searching homes and damaging the house, only to compensating pitty, or none at all in some lousy cities. Fact is there are so many good and dedicated people in police/home land task forces. And we're thankful for their service 24/7 protecting everyone. But in some cases, just so much mess by arrogant and abuse of power individuals.
Back to the b..b scare story, we also are unhappy, aren't we? Now, all my dirt cheap aficionado stuffs will never get to fly with me any more either. Sigh! :)
Thanks for sharing your thought.
wake up call
If you're a vintage gear aficionado ... beware, be-warned!
Imagine these are items inside your carry on luggage: a red darkroom timer, a freakish looking vintage camera, and an Alienware laptop. While flying, then fiddling with them, at the same time Googling for how to use that old-timey device, you'd end up on an unwanted airport tarmac being pinned down, body searched, and get to be photographed/videographed of your ultimate humiliation by fellow passgengers. Only then to be seen online hours later by the whole wide world to catch a glimpse of what kind of creature you are whom visually terrorizing decent citizens while cruishing on air.
Oh btw, you also are given a label on TVs, a potential "terrorist". How cool is that?
petapixel.com/2021/10/11/mans-vintage-camera-mistaken-for...
www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-camera-laguardi...
Now, should the paranoid passenger be blamed for being ignorant of tech gears? (Certainly, not me)
Or the crews whom did not do the basic "first thing", checking out the young man and his "stuffs" (like pretending serving extra juices) for themselves to validify the b..b claim. Because the b..b assertion is deadly SERIOUS. Of course, the crews should not take it lightly, but should not be simply either. We don't dare to say that word even as a casual conversation while traveling on air. Right? (So for me, the crews seem to fail this task. Hope I'm wrong.)
What is your thought?
But the chaos on tarmac was a mess, so improperly handled by the security task force. As the subject being held down on ground, the passengers were still within feet from him, and casually walking around like a false alarm. Most of us for sure would run the hell away from that plane for our lives, or be shoved away by security if we don't move fast enough, right. But nah, that wasn't the case in the video. And nobody knows that the whole thing was just a paranoia (fortunately), until ... many hours later.
So what if the situation was real (not that we ever want it be)? Remember in any b..b threat dramas, security people don't just come and check out the device instantly. They sent robot, scanner, suited b..b tech, and who knows whatelse before being able to determine what that is, actually. Back to the tarmac drama, why the hell they let people just walking carelessly around like that, and also allowing the filming, and then posting with freedom of labelling. If the real device went off at that mishandled moment, ... just hellish.
I can't imagine the scare, humiliation, hurt (gladly likely not physically) to this young photog. I hope someone, some thing must compensate him ... along with a sincere apology. And pray his gem collection not being dismantled by often arrogant task force people, as it can be very expensive to redeem if damaged. Some in auction houses priced at $mil. In my case, the custom people tore up several boxes of my vintage lens likely suspecting the old days tarnished cushion material to be potential hidden drug or something. But then left the super mess as is in every searched package. Yep, they didn't even bother to clean up "their lousy act." Initially, I complained the seller with photos proof. And he/she was shock that wasn't how they packed the package. Of course, not. We also heard often in news police searching homes and damaging the house, only to compensating pitty, or none at all in some lousy cities. Fact is there are so many good and dedicated people in police/home land task forces. And we're thankful for their service 24/7 protecting everyone. But in some cases, just so much mess by arrogant and abuse of power individuals.
Back to the b..b scare story, we also are unhappy, aren't we? Now, all my dirt cheap aficionado stuffs will never get to fly with me any more either. Sigh! :)
Thanks for sharing your thought.