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You Can't Call In A Bomb Threat To The Airport, Even If You Are Running Late For Your Flight And Need It Delayed

NY Post - An Indian army engineer was arrested Monday for allegedly making a bogus bomb threat in a desperate attempt to delay his flight after already missing another that morning.

Ajmeer Bhadraiah, 59, a superintending engineer of Military Engineering Service, was upset after first missing a 5:15 a.m. flight from Hyderabad to Chennai, and then being denied entry to a 10:15 a.m. IndiGo flight departing from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport because he had arrived there too late, according to police,

Airport police said Bhadraiah got into an argument with airline personnel and asked to be allowed to board the flight, reported the Times of India.

When his request was denied, “the passenger threatened to stop the flight and called the police control room informing them about a bomb in flight 6E-6151, and demanded that it be stopped from taking off,” said airport police inspector R. Srinivas.

I think we can all agree that it is perfectly acceptable to have a major public freakout at the airport when things aren't going your way. Mercilessly berating a low-level airline employee over something entirely out of their control is the only way the millionaire decision makers at corporate will get the message. The airline employees on the front lines are trained to deal with seething passengers. They expect this type of behavior. If your flight is delayed, or god forbid they run out of room in the overhead storage compartment and make you check your bag at the gate, then shouting vulgarities at the person behind the counter who makes slightly above minimum wage is your only course of action.

Where do they get off? You told them you have a big meeting with the shareholders tomorrow, but they couldn't care less if you get to Jacksonville in time for a full 8 hours of sleep. No matter how apologetic they seem, rest assured that deep down the airline is laughing at you, and thinks the size of your penis is inadequate. 

You're doing society a favor, and the rest of the passengers will thank you for it. Always demand to speak with a manager. If they tell you the manager is unavailable, then demand their name and phone number. If they won't provide it to you, then dump the contents of your luggage at the foot of the counter, and scatter your clothes about the terminal. If they tell you to stop making a scene, then take off both shoes, clap them together over your head, stamp your feet and yell, "OH A SCENE YOU SAY?!? AM I MAKING A SCENE?!? LOOK AT ME EVERYBODY I'M MAKING A SCENE!!! IT'S SCENE TIME AT THE AIRPORT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!! STEP RIGHT UP AND ENJOY THE SHOW!!!" Make sure everybody around you remembers this moment for the rest of their lives. That is how you win.

Just make sure you don't cross the line. You're not an animal. Never expose genitalia, and never put your hands on an employee. Slam your fists on the counter as much as you'd like, but as soon as you touch an employee, that makes you the bad guy. If you touch an employee, the airline wins.

But above all, you cannot be calling in bomb threats. Airports have been notoriously anti-bomb for the past 22 years. They're a little less anti-bomb nowadays than they were in the 2000's, but still, bombs have no place at the airport. Remove the word bomb from your vocabulary all together. Thinking the word bomb within 1000 yards of a plane can get you thrown in a prison. Our friend Ajmeer Bhadraiah of the Indian Army learned the hard way. His rage is fully understandable. A profanity laced altercation is part of the flying experience, but calling in a bomb threat is not how you deal with problems at the airport. Fly safely everyone.