Klingons on the Starboard Bow
I've written a few posts recently in which I suggested that Alex Salmond, Scotland's former first minister, seems to have become prone to silly gaffes and missteps.
And here's another example of trying to pass himself off as Captain James T. Kirk of the star ship USS Enterprise as he tired to board a rather more mundane British Airways flight from Heathrow Airport in London.
Now I can understand the need for politicians to travel incognito at times, but adopting the alias of Star Trek captain James Kirk seems designed to have the opposite effect if you ask me.
So, maybe Alex is missing the limelight down at Westminster where life and politics carry on, but not in the quite the same way that Alex has enjoyed up until now or in the words of the Star Trekkin' song:
"It's life, Jim, but not as we know it!"
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Former first minister Alex Salmond almost missed a flight after booking it under the name of Star Trek captain James Kirk, it has emerged.
British Airways initially refused to let the SNP MP board at Heathrow under the sci-fi alias.
Mr Salmond, a well-known Trekkie, said he often travelled under a false name for security reasons.
The situation, which happened over the summer, was sorted out with a series of calls from staff.
The member of parliament told the Mail on Sunday: "It was all sorted out. I just wanted BA to 'beam me up, Scotty'."
Mr Salmond indicated that in future he will be travelling under a different name.
He added: "I will choose another Star Trek character - but not Mr Spock because that would be illogical."
Former first minister Alex Salmond almost missed a flight after booking it under the name of Star Trek captain James Kirk, it has emerged.
British Airways initially refused to let the SNP MP board at Heathrow under the sci-fi alias.
Mr Salmond, a well-known Trekkie, said he often travelled under a false name for security reasons.
The situation, which happened over the summer, was sorted out with a series of calls from staff.
The member of parliament told the Mail on Sunday: "It was all sorted out. I just wanted BA to 'beam me up, Scotty'."
Mr Salmond indicated that in future he will be travelling under a different name.
He added: "I will choose another Star Trek character - but not Mr Spock because that would be illogical."
