Plane Makes Emergency Landing At DIA After Disturbance

[mens_issues]

Look at the bolded text below.  What does this tell you about men's roles in society now that we're supposedly all equal?

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/22324407/detail.html

Plane Makes Emergency Landing At DIA After Disturbance
Man Tries Opening Door While Plane In Flight
Ryan Budnick, 7NEWS Assignment Producer

POSTED: 7:24 pm MST January 23, 2010
UPDATED: 12:22 pm MST January 25, 2010


DENVER -- A United Airlines flight from Washington D.C. to Las Vegas made an emergency stop in Denver on Saturday evening after a man onboard reportedly tried to open an exterior door while in flight.

FBI spokeswoman Kathy Wright said the man was taken into custody, questioned and released for a medical evaluation, she said.

"At this point, there are no indications that this is anything other than an unruly passenger," Wright said.

Authorities will decide on charges after reviewing the incident, according to Wright.

Jeff Green, spokesman for DIA, said United Flight 223 landed at around 5:10 p.m. at the airport after the pilot radioed that there was a disturbance onboard.

Suzanne Treviño, spokeswoman for TSA, said pilots made the request to divert to DIA at around 4:50 p.m. She added that a male passenger attempted to open the door of the plane while it was in flight.

Wright said said the man tried opening one of the front doors of the airplane and may have tried to open the cockpit door before passengers restrained him.

Wright said the man's last known address was in New York.

Passengers told Las Vegas television station KTNV-TV after the plane landed that the man said he was from California and was on the wrong plane.

Wright said authorities will review the incident and decide what charges to file.

A passenger, Casey Coleman, told 7News that flight attendants directed all of the females to the back of the plane and all of the males to the front. Coleman said a flight attendant ordered over the intercom for the men to hold down the passenger.

Denver Police spokesman John White said officers met the plane at a gate at DIA and took the man into custody. White said the man could face federal felony charges.

So the men on the flight had to take the risk of restraining this potentially violent man at the front of the plane, while the women were allowed to safely retreat to the back.  Kind of reminiscent of the plane crash in the Hudson River last year where "women and children" were allowed off first.  Some equality, huh?

[dr e]

I am sure the feminists will be barking soon that the staff restricted the female passerngers from the opportunity to be a hero and only allowed the males to be seen as saving the day.   

So where are Charlies Angels when you need them?  Hiding at the back of the plane?   

I wonder if any of the women protested being treated like children?

[Galt]

I can't even fault the logic of that. Men in the front would be more capable of dealing with the guy.

What is irritating is when feminists - and today, most women it seems to me - go out of their way to absolutely ignore or reject that men can be better in any way.

I constantly see examples of men helping women - we had a lot of snow here, and men were out on the street pushing cars out of big mounds of snow. They were helping men and women. There were no women pushing people out, naturally. In the subway, men are constantly carrying baby buggies down the stairs for women. If you look, you see examples left and right, and that does not include all the ways that men's labor is pulled out in society for women (not just via taxes).

It is fashionable today for women to just disparage that in men, but men continue to help women.

[scarbo]

... which, again, is why I advocate a Man Strike.

[SecondToDie]

I'm not really bothered by this incident, it only amuses me and strengthens my beliefs.  Incidents like this just show how ludicrous feminism and its supporters are in reality.  It's kind of pathetic how women will claim to be feminists, but then when disaster strikes they basically cower and wait for the men to take care of the problem.  The recent disaster in Haiti is a good example.  What do pretty much every rescue worker, police officer, and foreign aid worker shown in post-earthquake pictures have in common?

[The Gonzman]

... which, again, is why I advocate a Man Strike.

In mere hours, Western Civilization would collapse.

[scarbo]

... which, again, is why I advocate a Man Strike.

In mere hours, Western Civilization would collapse.

When you're being taken for granted, and abused in the process, ya gotta get their attention somehow.

[AnubisRox]

It seems to me that women don't mind not taking the back seat, as long as there's an advantage to it. Also, the fact that they're not taking an active role must be spun to sound positive.

"Ladies first" never applies to entering a dangerous situation but its axiomatic when getting out of one.

I see it as, imagine a group getting a project done and there's one person (theres ALWAYS one) that doesn't pull their weight. If the prject gets rewarded they make sure that they're mentioned with the rest of the group. If the other members make a point out that they hardly contributed, that person answers back with something like "well, I knew you guys can handle it" or taking credit for geniously delegating the work.

With the plane incident they have their "men are stronger" excuse. Yep, its ok to use it NOW since it'll absolve you of criticism for not helping. Any other time however, they'll argue it tooth and nail. I wonder though, if one woman did help. Would they make her the "Kelly Lynch" of the plane?

[poiuyt]

And yet at other times when all is calm and quiet with no signs of trouble on the horizon, the selfsame heroic men will be treated as not trustworthy enough and not good enough to sit up front alongside unaccompanied minors.

Minors whom when things get rough airborne, soon enough need the abiding presence of men servers and protectors.

Heroes when needed in aircraft front seats but lepers when not needed.

Oh the hypocracy.

[gwallan]

I wonder though, if one woman did help. Would they make her the "Kelly Lynch" of the plane?

Does a bear shit in the woods?

If that were to happen she'd be the ONLY one you'd hear about.

[Men's Rights Activist]

So where are Charlies Angels when you need them?  Hiding at the back of the plane?   mr greeen

I wonder if any of the women protested being treated like children?

"A woman can do anything a man can do and do it better and in high heels."  - Barry Obama

Yea, that's right - - - until it comes time to do it, then, uh, they all opt out, hide at the back of the plane and wait for the big strong men to take care of them.

[Men's Rights Activist]

... which, again, is why I advocate a Man Strike.

Men's labor is so vital to the well being of the country, that a national security alert would be called and all men participating in a man strike would be ordered back to work or thrown in jail.

[scarbo]

... which, again, is why I advocate a Man Strike.

Men's labor is so vital to the well being of the country, that a national security alert would be called and all men participating in a man strike would be ordered back to work or thrown in jail.

Ordered by whom? Thrown in jail by whom? Jails run by whom?

[shard43]

I only help men and three women.