This article from NYTimes.com has been sent to you by psa188@juno.com. Louisville Airport Has Flight Delays February 19, 2002 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 8:54 p.m. ET LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Early morning flights out of Louisville International Airport were delayed Tuesday so a thousand passengers could be rescreened because a security employee was reported to have fallen asleep, the Federal Aviation Administration said. An employee reported that he thought there had been a security breach, said Rande Swann, an airport spokeswoman. ``Apparently a screener was found early this morning to be sleeping at his or her post. And the result, the concourse had to be cleared and a number of passengers rescreened,'' said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the FAA in Atlanta. Jim Mitchell, a spokesman for the federal Transportation Security Administration, said the employee was fired by Globe Aviation, the company that handles airport security. The airport has 34 scheduled departures between 6 and 10 a.m., and almost all airlines held their flights, Swann said. Nine flights departed before the delays began and were not affected, she said. Bergen said about 1,000 people had to go through the security screening a second time. By about 9:30 a.m., a line stretched more than 200 yards through the terminal, extending past the ticketing stations and doubling back. ``That just happens, I guess,'' said Rick Ahlrichs, of Cincinnati. Susan Rider, of +Louisville+, vice president of sales for a software company, was headed to Atlanta on business and had been in line for 2 1/2 hours. ``I've missed two meetings,'' she said. ``It's costing my company a lot of money.'' http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Louisville-Airport-Delay.html?ex=1015171942&ei=1&en=dbbf60332d187f66 HOW TO ADVERTISE --------------------------------- For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact onlinesales@nytimes.com or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@nytimes.com. Copyright 2002 The New York Times Company