Monday, January 17, 2005

Dreams of Airport Security

I dreamed that I saw this marvelous ultra-modern airplane flying over New York City. It was a totally new design, like nothing I had ever seen. The fuselage was fat and round and somewhat stubby, and it’s wings were almost like bi-plane wings except that they went completely front to back and were curved and joined at the ends, so that when viewed from front or back the outline appeared to make an oval shape, with the fuselage being another circle within. The plane had two rocket-like conical engines on the back. As I watched it go overhead some other person in my dream commented that this was the new “shuttle” from LA to New York, which made the trip in just under an hour. Then, as it neared the airport I saw it do an unusual maneuver, a sort of “loop-de-loop”.

As dreams often do, I was suddenly transported to an impossible location relative to the previous scene. I was in what seemed to be a portion of the plane, removed from the whole and sitting in a wooded area. There were maybe a dozen other passengers, all sitting in their seats looking as confused as I was. Suddenly a man in black army fatigues and an automatic rifle appeared at the door. Then, on either side of him 2 female “flight attendants” seemed to “inflate” from out of nowhere. The flight attendants just smiled and stood there as the man instructed us all to calmly and orderly disembark from the plane.

Once outside we appeared to be near the airport. More guards were outside shouting orders at us. We were made to jog, single file, towards and into a building, where we were lined up against a wall and padded down. Someone next to me whispered that he thought that maybe all this was because of the conversation he overheard another person having on his cell phone about a gun.

Then we were each individually interrogated by a very large and aggressive man, though his questions were completely mundane; our names, where we were from, where we were going, and things of that nature. Finally we were all herded out to a roof area, and allowed to just wait around and somewhat mingle under the watchful eyes of several more guards. From a passing car we overheard a radio report that airport security drills were currently being conducted. As I looked out over the tarmac I could see similar scenes to what had just taken place being acted out around the airport, and I heard “drill instructors” shouting at the guards to act fearsomely.

I became extremely irritated to be being treated in this manner as a training exercise, and I voiced my complaint to an official looking man that was standing with the guards. He was most arrogant and jabbed me with pointed fingers exclaiming that I had no right to question their authority or their actions. I pointed out that I should have some rights, considering that I had PAID for a ticket on the flight. Finally the dream ended with me urging the other detained passengers to demand free first class vouchers to anywhere the airline flies.

I am still trying to figure out what this one means. I did have pizza at midnight before having this dream. I guess it must be relevant to something.

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