{"id":32266,"date":"2013-01-21T21:36:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T04:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/21\/intercepting-at-the-drop-of-a-hat.html"},"modified":"2013-01-21T21:36:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T04:36:02","slug":"intercepting-at-the-drop-of-a-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/21\/intercepting-at-the-drop-of-a-hat.html","title":{"rendered":"Intercepting at the drop of a hat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Air Force interceptions of passenger flights, more specifically.<\/p>\n<p>Honestly, I worry less about the cost than about error factor. I mean, one-in-a-thousand mistake-with-tragic-consequences? We&#39;ve already passed that mark.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.loweringthebar.net\/2013\/01\/fighters-intercept-sleepy-terrorist.html'>Fighters Intercept Airliner After Report of Sleepy Terrorist &#8211; Lowering the Bar<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn the most recent example of this expensive and potentially deadly practice, on January 17 two F-15s were scrambled to intercept an Alaska Airlines flight on its way to Seattle. Apparently someone ca&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/1XQn1proBtt' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air Force interceptions of passenger flights, more specifically. Honestly, I worry less about the cost than about error factor. I mean, one-in-a-thousand mistake-with-tragic-consequences? We&#39;ve already passed that mark. Embedded Link Fighters Intercept Airliner After Report of Sleepy Terrorist &#8211; Lowering the Bar In the most recent example of this expensive and potentially deadly practice, on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/01\/21\/intercepting-at-the-drop-of-a-hat.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Intercepting at the drop of a hat&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41246,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/28\/other-people-make-mistakes-slow-down.html","url_meta":{"origin":32266,"position":0},"title":"&quot;Other People Make Mistakes. 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