I lough at these points of "Grandma" from the people who have no clue about what happened in Sept. 11 yet they are so much brainwashed by CNN, FoxNews, and all the other media. Look at the hijackers of Sept. 11 and none of them had a long beard, turban, or something like that.. There is a picture of two hijackers taken at an ATM in BOS , take a look at that, and you will see what I mean.. This "grandma" business is getting old. I agree with Jon, the idea is cover all basis.. As far as TSA is concerned, my wife works for them.. I have personal experience through them what kind of a sh%$ty government organization it is; what kind of unlawful labor rules they follow. They get away with that because of "We are at war" B.S that the government tells everyone. I know one person in SEA TSA that was injured during work pretty bad, and (s)he has been waiting for months now to get TSA pay for the workers comp. payments. TSA's practices are not uniform. For instance they did away with gate checks in SEA long time ago, but at SLC it still is a normal pattern. In SEA they make every take their shoes off since the terrorism level went to Orange, but they didn't go back to the old way since it was lowered to Yellow. I can go on and on and on about the TSA, but then again there is the risk of them yanking my pilot certificate without any due process as they please; something that a fascist or a communist regime would do... BAHA Fan of liberty -------Original Message------- From: Jon Wright <jwright@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: 06/02/03 09:21 PM To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: No Impact on Security, Passenger Wait Times as TSA Reduces Screener Jobs... > > What did the September 11 batch of terrorists do? They exploited weaknesses in the system. If word gets out security gives old folks a free pass through security with just a cursory check, how long until some terrorist figures that out and turns his or her grandma into a mule to (try to) smuggle Bad Stuff through security? I have deeper philosophical issues with the whole security thing in general and believe that with the exception of checking for explosives that TSA is a waste of time and money, but I think scrutinizing everyone--regardless of the perceived threat they pose--is essential. ----- Original Message ----- From: <damiross2@xxxxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 4:19 PM Subject: Re: No Impact on Security, Passenger Wait Times as TSA Reduces Screener Jobs... > Put it this way: Does it make sense to give extra attention to an 80 year old > woman than younger man with a a beard and dark skin? Does it make sense to pay > extra attention to a 3 year old child than a man of any background? > > One thing that has gone away in this country is common sense. It's been > replaced by political correctness. And PC never did anything good. >