jetcareers - View Single Post - Yeah ... airline "security" is A-OK!

pilot602 · August 20th, 2004, 14:01

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Good, if I have to go through that security then he should too. Just because he was elected to an office doesn't mean he is any less of a security risk than I.
It would be nice if the TSA would focus on the more likely threats (see the Northwest Dry Run thread) instead of the average person.

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Lol. It shouldn't matter who you are. They did a good job treating everyone equally and not letting him go just because he is famous. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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The point of the story is not that Kennedy should be exempt from security - it's that if he's being held up "because of a name likeness" and he has a direct line to Tom Ridge, DHS and the TSA and still can't get the "problem" fixed how is Joe Average supposed to rectify problems when they occur? Therein lies the problem with our "security" system right now. It's ridiculous and stupid and these "new" programs will just multiply these problems.

August 20th, 2004, 14:01	#7
pilot602 Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: who haa Posts: 3,752	Re: Yeah ... airline \"security\" is A-OK! [ QUOTE ] Good, if I have to go through that security then he should too. Just because he was elected to an office doesn't mean he is any less of a security risk than I. It would be nice if the TSA would focus on the more likely threats (see the Northwest Dry Run thread) instead of the average person. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Lol. It shouldn't matter who you are. They did a good job treating everyone equally and not letting him go just because he is famous. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img] [/ QUOTE ] The point of the story is not that Kennedy should be exempt from security - it's that if he's being held up "because of a name likeness" and he has a direct line to Tom Ridge, DHS and the TSA and still can't get the "problem" fixed how is Joe Average supposed to rectify problems when they occur? Therein lies the problem with our "security" system right now. It's ridiculous and stupid and these "new" programs will just multiply these problems.