Please don't do that. . .
@GardenGerty (160626)
United States
January 9, 2021 9:16pm CST
An American Airlines pilot has reportedly threatened to divert his flight, if passengers are unruly and "dump them off in the middle of Kansas".
Please don't do that. We have our fair share of problems, we do not need Washington D. C. variety problems as well.
Besides that, the squirrels would not like it. Nor would the eagles, hawks, armadillos, cougars, or even the field mice. Oh, and let's not forget the snakes. By the way, I hear we have a good population of tarantulas in Western Kansas.
Those rabble rousing folks likely would not know how to survive, and someone would have to show them Christian charity and help them out. What a waste of resources.
So pilots, please. If your bilge tanks or whatever they are called, need emptying, dump em somewhere else, like California. They are used to crazy people.
Leave Kansas to be home where the buffalo roam and the deer and the antelope play, 'cause I am sure that those persons that are unwanted on your flight are likely expressing "discouraging words"
For those of you who are unfamiliar, this last paragraph is based on our state song "Home on the Range."
Maybe the unruly passengers can be dropped off in "Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plains".
Sing Out Loud Traditional Songs LYRICS: HOME ON THE RANGE 1. Oh, give me a home, where the buffalo roam, where the deer and the antelope play, where seldom i...
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
Oh no!! you mean there is a chance they might like Kansas and want to stay?
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@wolfgirl569 (105945)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Jan 21
They could dump them in Alaska. 
I dont want them here either
I dont want them here either3 people like this
@kaylachan (69370)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jan 21
Great, now I have that song in my head. Good thing I like it.
Seriously though, yeah. Pilots really shouldn't do that, or make idol threats like that.
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
I understand not wanting rowdies on a flight. I would have thought they would just turn around and take them back, and have the Air Marshalls waiting for them.
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@kaylachan (69370)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jan 21
@GardenGerty I think they typically do, unless they've flown to far. My husband used to fly, and he told me that planes have to travel a certain distance before they have to refuel. So if a plane has flown about halfway to where tey're supposed to go, they won't turn around because they don't have the fuel for that kind of delay.
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@RasmaSandra (79714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jan 21
People are just getting testier and testier I sure hope al this madness stops soon, I love that song thanks for sharing,
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
I do not blame the pilot for being disturbed by these individuals. I have heard that many are going to be prosecuted by the FAA for endangering the flights with their bad behavior. I just do not like the idea of Kansas as a dumping ground. I think they should try to keep them off in the first place.
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@xFiacre (12982)
• Ireland
10 Jan 21
@gardengerty I get a bit anxious when idiots start to get rowdy on a plane but I wouldn’t wish them on Kansas.
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@xFiacre (12982)
• Ireland
10 Jan 21
@GardenGerty I have never understood why some people when they get on a plane can't just sit in their seat quietly. What's the problem?
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
Of course, if they were caught in a stampede they would know how the people felt who went down and got trampled.
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@BarBaraPrz (47274)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Jan 21
How about dropping them over shark-infested waters? 
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
14 Jan 21
@BarBaraPrz Sharks even swim while they sleep. Rabble--sounds like rubble, maybe it will sink.
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@BarBaraPrz (47274)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
10 Jan 21
@GardenGerty The rabble or the sharks?
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
I am sure it is just a threat. Just showing how aggravated and disturbed he was.
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
14 Jan 21
@shaggin I hope those people go home and stay home.
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@shaggin (72116)
• United States
10 Jan 21
@GardenGerty hopefully it’s sectioned off so he can fly without having to worry about it. Sounds like they need security people on the planes. The pilot shouldn’t have to worry about anything but the weather when flying.
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@RebeccasFarm (89831)
• Arvada, Colorado
10 Jan 21
Yeah dump them somewhere else lol
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
I would think he would just turn around and take them back. Make sure law enforcement is waiting for them.
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@RebeccasFarm (89831)
• Arvada, Colorado
10 Jan 21
@GardenGerty Yes one would think
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
There should be consequences for the passengers endangering the others on a flight though.
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@jstory07 (139576)
• Roseburg, Oregon
10 Jan 21
@GardenGerty There sure should be.
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
Take them to Arizona and let them parachute into a group of Saguaro Cactus.
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@LadyDuck (471325)
• Switzerland
11 Jan 21
@GardenGerty 
That is a good idea, or drop them in the middle of the Arizona deserts, without water and food, let them learn how to survive.
That is a good idea, or drop them in the middle of the Arizona deserts, without water and food, let them learn how to survive.1 person likes this
@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
14 Jan 21
Many people think of Kansas as flat and boring. It isn't though.
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@Deepizzaguy (102624)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Jan 21
Just tell some people that God will take of His children during these crazy times and I get hate mail telling me I am crazy as a fox. If they only knew that we are being tested in these hard times. I just laugh at them.
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
But the fox is very wise. So sorry you are getting hate mail.
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@Deepizzaguy (102624)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Jan 21
@GardenGerty That is okay since non believers do not bother me at all. My late mom called them "Poor devils."
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@snowy22315 (180452)
• United States
10 Jan 21
Hopefully, the pilots won't burden Kanasas with an unruly bunch!
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
14 Jan 21
I hope not. It might make the cattle restless to be disturbed in that way.
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@GardenGerty (160626)
• United States
10 Jan 21
It has been many years since I have flown. Only flew one time since 9/11.
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