Cargo Boy,
I still maintain that it was stupid for the pilot to say he had a bomb in his shoes or shoe. Bells ring and flags go up at those kind of statements. What if he was a terrorist dressed as a pilot with all the credentials?
My second statement was that these security people are not the brightest of the lot, so therefore, I would not joke with them at all. Period.
Konkordsky,
It was the heat of the moment when you use the mail instead of being face to face. Cheers, mate.