Man banging on cockpit door

[DrEntropy]

Distinct lack of S.A. and leadership.

I'd be more inclined to act if others decided to, also.

see?

It don't matter if I'm alone or in a crowd of dozens. If I perceive a threat to self or others, I WILL ACT. Consequences be damm'd. I'm too old to fettle about waitin' fer some other dumb SOB to decide HE should do something. That's herd mentality and is a death sentence for the entire 'herd'. Proved too many times to count or argue.

Specific circumstances dictate just what action to take, but an aircraft is hard to exit and walk home from, IYSWIM.

 

[elrey]

I do not look for trouble, but I am willing to be trouble. --elrey

 

[DrEntropy]

Being aware there's GOING to be trouble (or not) is key. There are "tells".

Usually the one(s) intent on doing something nefarious is/are literally broadcasting intent: Actions are odd, behavior is guarded to a point of being obvious.

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[AngliaGT]

The article in our local paper quoted his relatives saying things like
"He was a quiet,non-violent guy",& "He probably thought that it was the-
restroom door".

- Doug

 

[swift6]

I've known from a young age that a person can be smart, while people are generally stupid. That "herd mentality" mentioned before. Therefore I tend to act more than not regardless of what people around me are doing. I'd rather hear from a 911 operator that they have had several calls about an event rather than wonder or assume that someone else made the call.

I can understand hesitation in peoples actions and do not think poorly of them because of it. We are often raised to go along with the crowd. Remember the saying "go along to get along".

I've always been a "people watcher" though too. High levels of situational awareness. Don't know why, just born that way.

 

[DrEntropy]

I've always been a "people watcher" though too. High levels of situational awareness. Don't know why, just born that way.

I've a difficulty being around folk who DON'T have it.

 

[elrey]

 

[Steve]

There's a new app product just launched, it's free and the guy who came up with it paid for it out of his own pocket because it was needed!

Take a look: https://www.isee-isay.com/apps.php

I have no connection......

 

[DrEntropy]

Not much help at 35K feet, tho. :wink:

 

[elrey]

S.A. sure helps stave off the sucker punches. It is preventive maintenance.

 

[elrey]

I'd want the shotgun app.

 

[GregW]

There's a new app product just launched, it's free and the guy who came up with it paid for it out of his own pocket because it was needed!

Take a look: https://www.isee-isay.com/apps.php

I have no connection......

First thing I thought of (before the video put me to sleep) was all those "white suspicious powder" scares. Gives the sheep faster access to Homeland Security about a suspicious truck parked on the lawn. Oh wait, that was the gardener clearing away the dead wood.