David, The security staff was busy checking the Chinese passengers at the gate. It was nearly comical...the passengers didn't speak English, and the 2 security agents couldn't keep straight which pax had been checked and which hadn't. (FYI, we have a large number of Oriental pax come through BUF on their way to see Niagara Falls, so you'd think this would be routine. Think...notice I said "think.") All in all I didn't come away feeling terribly "secure." -Mo *************************************************************************** On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 damiross@attbi.com wrote: > > It's a wonder that one parent was actually allowed in. > It would not have surprised me at all if you had been > told that neither parent could wait with your daughter. > > Out of curiosity, was your daughter picked out for > additional screening at the gate? She seems to fit > the "profile" for those security idiots, namely she's a > non-Islamic child. > -- > David Ross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > > My 12 year-old daughter flew BUF-IAD yesterday as an unaccompanied minor > > (costs an additional $60 each way and worth every penny). Imagine our > > surprise when we were told that only one parent could accompany our > > daughter to the gate. Passengers should report two hours early, and then > > what? One parent cool his or her heels outside security? All three wait > > until just before boarding to go through security screening? > > Fortunately for us, one of the UAL ticket agents remembered me from my > > flight attendant days and wrote a special gate pass. But what if I didn't > > have that little connection? What do other parents do? And does anyone > > know the logic behind this? > > > > Thanks for letting me vent...if anyone really does know the rationale, I'd > > be interested to hear it. > > > > -Mo > > > >