The FAA is not noted for its sense of humor.
http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2006/10/experiment_on_p.html I sense bigtime harshness visited upon the current darling of the airline industry over this one. The post's author is a little over the top with his "fireball on the tarmac" comment, but for an airline, of all companies, to think that this was a good idea is simply ludicrous.