"As part of these events, the airline had also planned an aircraft flyover, a meaningful gesture to honor the memory of those lost within the pilot community, but will suspend those plans due to concerns in the community and instead carry on with the other events of the day," spokesperson Russell Carlton said in an email.

Before the cancellation, the City of Denver was warning emergency dispatchers, first responders and the public not to panic at the sight of the planned commemoration.

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[–] 117 points 1 month ago* (3 children)

wtf are they smoking at united lmao

are they planning a re-enactment for next year?

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  • [–] 91 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    How did this get approved? You'd think someone in the chain would say maybe a flyover for 9/11 is a bad idea.

    This is on par with commemorating burn victims with a pyrotechnics show.

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  • [–] 40 points 1 month ago

    I'm gonna play a game of Jenga in memorial.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Ignoring how inappropriate it is, it’s still a boring thing to see.

    “Hey want to go outside and watch a regular ass plane fly across the sky?”

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    Side note, why on earth are they doing their 9/11 reenactment in Denver?

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  • [–] 18 points 1 month ago

    Who the fuck ever thought that was a remotely appropriate idea? Fucking idiots.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    If you think that's bad, you should hear the original plan for how they were going to conclude the event.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago

    What a stupid idea. What next, they delay controlled demolition of a couple of buildings until 9/11 as a tribute?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Okay...so what would the fighter jets do?

    Like...let's say they did this.

    This 2 jets are escorting the plane, but stay with me now, some radical on the planes highjack the plane. Now it's flying towards ground zero... Are the fighters gonna blow it up and the folks on board?

    Ya that would be fucking amazing to see on such a tragic day. Fucking dumb.

    And I know maybe I'm dumb and don't get why they're escorting it. But the bad guys who would do something aren't gonna be coming in with their own jets to get into a dogfight. They'll be regular looking dude with a pocket knife or a bomb strapped to his chest or some shit.

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    I wonder the salary of the person who came up with this idea.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I wonder if they'll consider reenacting the time they punched that doctor out or the times they killed people's pets.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago

    Yeah y'all might wanna sit this one out

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Why does the link redirect to youtube?

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    JLD what the fuck gif....

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago*

    The onion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpN_RjIaVw8

    This idea is weirdly similar

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