False threat trifecta now in play

I just posted a story about a flight attendant claiming a passenger threatened her in order to get said passenger removed from the plane.

Now there's this story:

AA flight diverted to NY in "misunderstanding"

American Flight 136 from Los Angeles to London made an emergency landing "out of an abundance of caution" at JFK Airport at 2:30 a.m. after a flight attendant identified a suspicious passenger, TSA said. The flight was canceled and passengers were rebooked on other flights.

The "suspicious passenger" was instead: "Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told CNN he had received a report the man in question was an employee who was traveling in a private capacity."

Have we learned nothing from those people who call in bomb threats because they don't want to go to work? I guess we have: it works. Worth the jail time? Well, it wouldn't be to me...unless I, like, REALLY hated my job...no, not worth it.

Next?