Bad “Flight Plan”: Film Defames Air Marshals, Flight Attendants
September 22, 2005
Schlussel: Bad “Flight Plan”: Jodie Foster Film Defames Air Marshals, Flight Attendants
Debbie Schlussel draws attention to yet another exercise in Hollywood dhimmitude: an airplane-terror flick in which the terrorists are not the Muslims who are on the plane, but an air marshal and a flight attendant. Yes, this is what we have seen all over the world: crazed stewardesses storming cockpits and hijacking airplanes, demanding a respite from slinging chintzy pretzel packs at the sardine-packed passengers.
Meanwhile, we have yet to see a film that dramatizes the reality the world faces today, of convinced jihadist ideologues carefully planning and committing violence for their politico-religous goals.
It’s been four years of bad news for flight attendants.
First, 9/11 happened. Then, they were laid off. With airline bankruptcies like Northwest’s, they are being laid off again.
Now, in another blow, the movie, “Flight Plan,” is hitting theaters, tomorrow. Starring Jodie Foster, it’s an outrageous piece of propaganda and incredible display of the irresponsible.
I’m embarrassed to say that a very distant cousin of mine–Charles J.D. Schlissel–is executive producer of this outrage. The J.D. must stand for “Just Despicable.” If you’re a freedom-loving American like me, the rotten tricks of this movie will disgust you.
If you want to sicken yourself and see “Flight Plan,” stop reading here. But if you want to save ten bucks, keep going.
SPOILER ALERT
Throughout “Flight Plan,” we are given hints–very strong hints–that four Muslim Arabs are the terrorists on the plane. But in the end–breaking a cardinal rule of thrillers–the hints have no pay-off.
Instead, the terrorists are the flight’s air marshal and a flight attendant.
That is an outrage for a number of reasons. Two of those reasons are Betty Ong and Madeleine Amy Sweeney. Both were among the many flight attendants who gave their lives on 9/11.
They weren’t terrorists. They were American heroes. Instead of calling their families to say good-bye, they contacted ground crews and identified the hijackers. It was because of them that authorities were able to identify Mohammad Atta and his 18 thugs as Al Qaeda.
Other flight attendants were brutally murdered by the hijackers, who slit their throats.
And now Jodie Foster and Charles J. D. Schlissel have the chutzpah to portray these low-paid workers as terrorists?!
Sickening.