In a serious case of “what were they thinking”, a British Airways company magazine used a boarding pass issued to Osama Bin Laden to show off their latest mobile ticketing service.
The name was obviously put there as a joke, but the timing couldn’t be any worse – a month after severe disruptions caused by volcanic ash, British Airways is now in the middle of a series of five day strikes – so customer satisfaction is already at a pretty low point.
A British Airways spokeswoman told ABC News that “A mistake has been made in this internal publication and we are working to find out how this occurred”.
According to the boarding pass, Mr Bin Laden flies in First class, and has a frequent flier number with Northwest Airlines. Sadly, knowing the brilliant minds behind the anti-terror organizations, the terror level will be raised to “red hot” on October 26 2010 while airport police all around the world try to figure out which airport the most wanted terrorist in the world will be flying to.
Har!
Osama is on the No-Fly list…….probably.
I fail to see the big deal here. A joke. A bad one, maybe, but a joke. YAwn.
Well, it worked brilliantly didn’t it. You wouldn’t have covered the story if they didn’t use Bin Laden’s name.
One wonders how many of the Bin Laden family are not on the no-ply list and are first class regulars.
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Planes Bad Train Good toot,toot 😛
In first class they serve pigs in a blanket.
Jeeeez #5 and 6 – if you can’t think for yourselves, get someone better than Adam Curry to be your brain.
HITLER/A. would have been funnier.
(Don’t mention the war!)
The ash wins.
Is this more of the trains not planes meme?
A plane carrying OBL would not be diverted by Islamist terrorists. Maybe it’s quite safe to follow the tall man on board.
Is the name BIN LADEN on the no-fly list? Might be an annoyance to his family, who are oozily cozy with the shrubs.