Southeast To Start Video Monitoring Flights

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Southeast To Start Video Monitoring Flights

Posted by timothy on Sunday July 20, 2003 @07:52AM from the please-turn-off-electronic-surveillance-devices dept.

NormalVisual writes "According to this article, Southeast Airlines will begin digitally recording everything that goes on during one of their flights. Moreover, they have said they will be retaining the recorded video for up to 10 years. The privacy implications here are worrying, and this sets a bad precedent, IMO." (Southeast is a charter company, not a big scheduled carrier.)

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No more sex charters? by MonkeyBoyo · 2003-07-20 07:54 · Score: 4, Funny

Were they having problems with drunken mile-high orgies?
1. Re:No more sex charters? by smcpeek · 2003-07-20 07:56 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Not really a problem - they just wanted it filmed. Open up a web site devoted to mile-high orgy video and make some extra cash on the side... new business strategy.
2. Re:No more sex charters? by erpbridge · 2003-07-20 08:23 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Ugh... as if we don't have enough Bang this and Bang that, now we'll have BangPlane.com.
  
  Looks like it was already taken: (WHOIS)
  
  Registrant:
  PFM Technologies
  6373 NW 110th Ave
  Parkland, Florida 33076
  United States
  Registered through: Go Daddy Software (http://www.godaddy.com)
  
  Domain Name: BANGPLANE.COM
  Created on: 23-May-03
  Expires on: 23-May-04
  Last Updated on: 07-Jun-03
  
  Administrative Contact:
  Kline, Jason
  jason@pfmtechnologies.com
  PFM Technologies
  6373 NW 110th Ave
  Parkland, Florida 33076
  United States
  (954) 757-3115
  
  Technical Contact:
  Kline, Jason
  jason@pfmtechnologies.com
  PFM Technologies
  6373 NW 110th Ave
  Parkland, Florida 33076
  United States
  (954) 757-3115
  
  Domain servers in listed order: NS1.RANKINC.COM
  NS2.RANKINC.COM
maybe the reason is more (less?) subtle by tkittel · 2003-07-20 07:55 · Score: 1, Funny

Seems like there will be an awful lot of nice stewardesses on tapes in the boss's drawer, no?
Hmm... by Burgundy+Advocate · 2003-07-20 07:56 · Score: 1, Funny

Just one more reason to join the mile-high club!

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XXXAIRPORN.NET?? by phunhippy · 2003-07-20 07:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Huy said cameras wouldn't be installed in the restrooms.

Well so much for www.livemilehighclub.com :(
No more fingers in the nose by aplank · 2003-07-20 08:00 · Score: 4, Funny

I guess this might motivate nosepickers to stop such an ugly and disgusting habit.
Re:School Buses by LittleGuy · 2003-07-20 08:02 · Score: 5, Funny

When I was a kid, they used to have cameras on our school busses. Nobody was really sure whether they were 'on' or not. The bus drives used to use it as leverage so we didn't screw around.

When I was a kid, we have nuns.

Same things, more lethal.

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Doh! by rzbx · 2003-07-20 08:45 · Score: 2, Funny

So much for joining the mile high club on Southeast.

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Honey Roasted Nuts by malia8888 · 2003-07-20 08:46 · Score: 3, Funny

Damn, I guess this means I can't pinch an extra bag of Airline-Small-Bag Honey Roasted Nuts from the drink cart.

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In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-07-20 09:45 · Score: 1, Funny

In-flight movie watches YOU!
Re:1984 by mbstone · 2003-07-20 10:28 · Score: 2, Funny

It would REALLY be exciting news if TWA started videotaping their passengers, since they've been out of business for over a year now.
Re:School Buses by UniverseIsADoughnut · 2003-07-20 10:37 · Score: 2, Funny

hey, person got lucky, something happened on a bus at my school once and they went to the tape from the fake looking camera box and the person got in deep shit.
Mile-High club membership... by yiantsbro · 2003-07-20 10:56 · Score: 3, Funny

...will be a lot more difficult to obtain in the furture (but on the plus side, it will be a lot easier to prove)
I wonder if it would be possible... by Salsaman · 2003-07-20 13:22 · Score: 2, Funny

To copyright your face ? Then you could charge companies like this a royalty for videoing you.