LOL....Those were the thoughts that came to mind as I took my seat in the
waiting area...practically in the same order. FAA is involved, so they will
knock it out of proportion, a staggered discontinuance might be confusing
(I'll give them that)...finally, once they have made the total changeover
how confusing could it be?
Can these pieces of colored plastic numbered 1 though 137 be that much of an
official 'document'?
I thought about writing a letter to the FAA, but with my luck, I would be
put on some sort of watch list....For all I know, they would want to
confiscate my boarding passes of flights taken in my lifetime saying they
were a security threat. ("Sir, those Eastern ticket jackets marked for
boarding need to come with us to be destroyed).
Walter
DCA
Fan of Ada Quansett and her black pen.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Mueller" <kawika42@mac.com>
To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 19:39
Subject: Re: Collecting WN plastic boarding passes=Federal crime!
> On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 04:06 PM, W Wilson wrote:
>
> > I
> > then mentioned, I was wondering since I am hoping to collect a few. She
> > jumped back at me something similar to, "Oh No, the FAA sent a letter to
> > Dallas saying that is not going to be allowed and they were very serious
> > about it. In fact, we just got a letter a couple weeks ago that if any
> > employee is caught having them in their possession, taking them or
> > giving
> > them out, it will be a federal crime".
>
> This sounds remarkably stupid (but since the federal government is
> involved, that sounds about par for the course). I can see having the
> boarding passes now would be a problem, but once they are no longer in
> use, what's the big deal? Are they afraid the security screeners will
> think they're still good and people who aren't traveling will be able to
> gain access to the gates?
>
> Once Southwest converts fully to paper boarding passes and the plastic
> ones are no longer in use, they're just well worn strips of colored
> plastic...
>
> --
> David Mueller / SAN
> kawika42@mac.com
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