----- Original Message ----- From: "W Wilson" <wlw-jr@att.net> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 20:23 Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] Oakland Security Breached > The question still remains....what happened to the screeners? Federal employees - not a damn thing will happen to them, except maybe they will get a promotion > > ...I'm still perplexed on how this works. A person (lady) walks > past/through security (whatever)..and what happens at the security area? Do > all the screeners look at each other 10 minutes later and ask one another. > Karen asks, > "Margaret, did you screen that lady in the white blouse and blue pants that > stepped through the detector 10 minutes ago"? Margaret says, "no I didn't, > I > thought you did." John asks Mike, "there was a lady here about 10 minutes > ago, you didn't happen to notice if we (anyone) screened the middle-aged > lady in a white blouse and blue pants that was here about 10 minutes ago." > "Oh crap", says Mike. "Supervisor!!! We have a breach!!!" Then every one > yells, "LOCK DOWN close down security"....and gates close and bells and > whistles go off...:). > > So how in the heck does this happen... > ...and why blame it on the lady when obviously it was the screeners who > messed up...<for lack of a better term>...why not question them? Which > hasn't even been mentioned. In other words, the screeners are immune and > the > lady is not? I know the obvious here, but I have to make it comical because > it is in a sort of way. > > Walter > DCA