Southwest Airlines and Kilts?

[Coemgen]

While I understand and completely agree with the behavioral principal you're illustrating, this statement is in fact scientifically invalid. If you place a bowl of basalmic vinegar next to a bowl of honey, you will observe more fruit flies visiting the bowl of vinegar than the bowl of honey.

And a watched pot? It will boil.

I see you read XKCD

[Mr. MacDougall]

I see you read XKCD

What geek doesn't?

I then empirically verified the assertion... and it's true.

[davedove]

While I understand and completely agree with the behavioral principal you're illustrating, this statement is in fact scientifically invalid. If you place a bowl of basalmic vinegar next to a bowl of honey, you will observe more fruit flies visiting the bowl of vinegar than the bowl of honey.

And a watched pot? It will boil.

Ah, but as someone who has a bit of experience with food, bblsalmic vinegar (the REAL stuff, not the cheap store copies) is nothing like regular vinegar. It is a sweet syrupy substance, very much to the tastes of the average fruit fly. Nothing at all like your average everyday vinegar.

[Erisianmonkey]

Ah, but as someone who has a bit of experience with food, bblsalmic vinegar (the REAL stuff, not the cheap store copies) is nothing like regular vinegar. It is a sweet syrupy substance, very much to the tastes of the average fruit fly. Nothing at all like your average everyday vinegar.

Yep. But as a country boy, I know something else that'll catch flies. And then I don't have to waste my honey or Balsalmic, what with food prices being what they are these days.

[Captain Karrot]

I have yet to fly in my kilt, but I wonder if this would happen to us kilted folks.

First, a 23-year-old waitress was booted off a Southwest Airlines flight. Now, two 18-year-olds claim they were discriminated against for being too pretty. And like clockwork, "too pretty to fly" took off.

Honestly, the only problem I have every had wearing a kilt while flying was going through security. The metal buckles set off the metal detector - obviously no way to remove them since they were sewed in. Add in a new TSA agent being taught how to properly wand someone, and you have an interesting mix. Happened flying out of Logan in Boston, heading to Toronto.

Anyway, I don't think you will have problems.

[SteveB]

The airport while kilted. Boston's Logan International Airport is a little jumpier than any other, for good reason ( RE 9/11/01). I am a locksmith, and had a service call to one of the facilities at Logan. No problem getting through security in my denim kilt (no metal fasteners). Left the kilt pin and belt in my truck. My toolbox on the other hand.......... thorough search, and then the screener read the purchase order, signed by his boss for me to fix the lock he had messed up. I got royal treatment from that entry after that.

[djweso]

I've flown with Southwest a bunch of times, over the last few years, and enjoyed it. The last time I flew both way kilted, wearing my denim Utilikilt. No problems, with Southwest or metal detectors. I flew Chicago Midway to Norfolk, VA. That was about a year ago.