Piers- NOBODY says bomb or hijack in an airport if they wish to continue having a nice day. Airlines and Sky Marshals take any mention of these two words very seriously. And as we saw in this case, these folks are armed and have a very poor sense of humor.

   At best you will spend a long time trying to explain your sense of humor to people responsible for the safety of everybody on an aircraft, and take this responsibility very seriously. At worst, you will become the subject of another Mudcat discussion.

   Didn't the British Police recently kill a suspected terrorist?

   Dave