the full name is "Department of Transportation, Transportation Security Agency" and they wear navy blue pants.. But wife can assure you there are too many FATASS's in the employees :)) BAHA Fan of TSA paying the bills at least for now.. -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Reinbold, Kurt Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 12:30 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: do you feel safer? from humornetwork.com Almost 150 years ago, President Lincoln found it necessary to hire a private investigator - Alan Pinkerton - for protection. And that was the beginning of the Secret Service. Since that time, federal police authority has grown in depth, scope, and to a large number of multi-letter agencies - CID, OSI, NIS, FBI, CIA, INS, IRS, DEA, BATF, etc. Now we have the "Federal Air Transportation Airport Security Service." Can't you see them now, these highly trained men and women in their black outfits with their initials in large white letters across their backs: "FATASS" - I feel safer already, don't you?