Airplane Passengers strike back

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that's my point. Either (a) the plane has duct tape on hand which doesnt make me feel really safe or (b) an idiot got on the plane and at some point said "hey, I got this duct tape and we can subdue him" which again doesnt make me feel too good about the passenger or the fact he got thru security with duct tape
 
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Evidently they keep duct tape and zip ties on hand for this exact reason, it's to restrain unruly passengers. I read that somewhere the other day, I'll try to find the article.

Edit: Unruly passenger duct taped to seat on Icelandair flight | KING5.com Seattle

Icelandair spokesman Gudjon Arngrimsson said the man was bound after his behavior became "unruly and threatening.”

"To ensure the safety of those who were on board he was restrained by the crew and passengers and then was monitored for the duration of the flight for his own safety," he said. He said he couldn't validate the photo's authenticity but said airlines commonly carry plastic handcuffs and tape to restrain potentially dangerous passengers.
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GreveHaller said:
that's my point. Either (a) the plane has duct tape on hand which doesnt make me feel really safe or (b) an idiot got on the plane and at some point said "hey, I got this duct tape and we can subdue him" which again doesnt make me feel too good about the passenger or the fact he got thru security with duct tape
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Are you really concerned about duct tape on a plane?
 
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Guys, I thought it was required by FFA that every plane has to have duck tape on board? What happens when they start seeing a wing tear away, gotta duck tape that sucker up.
 
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Hopvol said:
How could I forget bailing wire? You give my grandfather a roll of bailing wire, a roll of duct tape and some JB Weld and he could fix anything!
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Let me tell you something. Back in the day when we were farming 6,000 acres of cotton and soybeans, bailing wire and duct tape would keep us going.

I know a farmer during that time that kept his combine held together with the stuff. He was poor just getting started. Had 300 or so acres.

Know he's one of the largest farmers in Tennessee. 21,000 acres.
 
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Obsessed said:
Let me tell you something. Back in the day when we were farming 6,000 acres of cotton and soybeans, bailing wire and duct tape would keep us going.

I know a farmer during that time that kept his combine held together with the stuff. He was poor just getting started. Had 300 or so acres.

Know he's one of the largest farmers in Tennessee. 21,000 acres.
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My grandfather was a small farmer in SE Missouri.
 
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Hopvol said:
My grandfather was a small farmer in SE Missouri.
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I miss it myself. It's become big business now.
My mother hand picked cotton most of her life for my grandpa.

There was 11 kids. All helped on the farm.
School was let out during picking season.

They each had to pick 100 pounds a day.

She has told me stories of big cats chasing them up in cotton trailer. Then circling trailer.

This was in West Tennessee
 
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Hopvol said:
Because its one of the most useful objects on the planet. If I were a pilot I would never fly without duct tape and JB Weld.


And a parachute.
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heck yeah I want my pilot to have all that. And a credit card in case we start running low on fuel so he doesnt try to second guess that annoying beeping sound where he can land it where ever to fuel.

But that's my pilot. Not my seat mate.
 
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Obsessed said:
I miss it myself. It's become big business now.
My mother hand picked cotton most of her life for my grandpa.

There was 11 kids. All helped on the farm.
School was let out during picking season.

They each had to pick 100 pounds a day.

She has told me stories of big cats chasing them up in cotton trailer. Then circling trailer.

This was in West Tennessee
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Ive never farmed myself other than staying with my grandparents two weeks every summer and helping out. I can remember helping chop cotton with a hoe when I was a teenager. My parents have stories very similar to yours. Except for the big cats but its funny you mention that. I was talking with a coworker today about cougar sightings in TN and there have been sightings near my family in MO. Have you heard of any recent sightings?
 
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GreveHaller said:
heck yeah I want my pilot to have all that. And a credit card in case we start running low on fuel so he doesnt try to second guess that annoying beeping sound where he can land it where ever to fuel.

But that's my pilot. Not my seat mate.
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That's cool. I just don't find duct tape particularly threatening. I could do far more damage with an ink pen than a roll of duct tape.

If I damaged my pen I could use the duct tape to fix it. :)
 
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