Apologies for the gender assumption. There are certain things we know about this incident. We know that something happened. As I’ve stated at least 20 times in this thread, we know Petruna lied, so I discount his version of events. However, Mr. Brown’s version is quite believable and has not been impeached. This incident could be laid to rest at least from a historical perspective if the airline, AirTran, was forthcoming with the facts that they are cleary trying to hide. AirTran, aside from obviously trying to “Spin” this story themselvese doesn’t have the greatest track record in the world for honest. Set aside the original testimony from Petruna for a moment and try to revisit this with a fresh set of eyes. As I flight attendant, I’m surprised that this incident isn’t troubling to you. It certainly is for those that I know in the airlines.

Airdebster: I was recalled after 9/11 back to active duty so believe me, it is not something I forget and since I am currently a flight attendant with military training, I am fully aware that it can happen again. I know that there are daily occurances in the United States involving terrorist (domestic and foreign) but this article was written attacking a specific airline. I read the article and felt it was an attack on the industry as a whole because it is written the airline is at fault without supporting facts, when there are facts that can be confirmed to prove Airtran’s side of the story vs. the passengers.

Tired of the media spinning a story the way they want, regardless of the facts and regardless of who they hurt.

Thanks for making my point. If you would have taken 16 seconds to read my post right above yours, you might not have said what you said. Or, perhaps you would have if you are simply intent on ignoring the facts of the story as they stand today.

Now if Petruna is so reliable, how do you explain that he saw these men dressed in “traditional garb”, when no one else does? That would seem to be pretty obvious, unless one defines “traditional garb” as shirts and slacks.

Nobody backs up Petruna’s tale of porn-watching. Nobody can explain how Petruna “knew” that they had made the alleged video the night before. In fact, these men were alleged to be speaking in Arabic, right? Is Petruna now fluent in Arabic? If not, how could he possibly understand their conversation as well as he claims to?

The radio interview is mostly the interviewer interrupting and trying to put words in some guy’s mouth, with the guy going to great pains to mention that he is a chaplain. He never confirms that a TSA agent actually entered the plane, either. He merely says the agent was on the jetway.

Again, no mention from the two eyewitnesses of two men (Petruna and a Texan) grabbing the ‘terrorists’ and telling them that they WILL leave, which should be pretty memorable if it really happened. Instead, it looks like some guy bragging about being a hero with no eyewitnesses to back up his claims…and you buy this “hero’s” story completely.

Puretexan should apply the due diligence he so adamantly suggested we follow in his opening remarks before condemning a dialogue he obviously hadn’t read, chooses to ignore, or can’t comrehend.