Friday, August 18, 2006

Would Al Kyder please board ...


From a story in the SMH

A Sydney comedy team pull a wonderful stunt yesterday, gulling airline staff to make a 'final boarding' call for Al Kyder and Terry Wrist.

The airline and security were ticked off, but the stunt proved a point. You can fly anywhere in Australia without real security checks. Order your tickets online, pick up your boarding pass from an electronic kiosk and Bob's your uncle!

Personally I think anything that shows the stupidity of the system is good. Apparently airports still haven't installed new scanning equipment required under Australian law either. They admit they have it all in crates, and it should be installed by Christmas. So Al and Terry, or even the real thing, have got a few months to play with that one too.

(View the clip here.)

1 comment:

Reality-Based Educator said...

Oh, man, this video was funny! So was the Trojan Horse bit and the Video Surveillance piece. Thanks for this post, cartledge, you made both my day and my girlfriend's. We're still laughing.