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Sep 20, 2010, 10:40 pm
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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I agree Amtrak/Commuter rail has none of this bull, it's also cheaper and is my choice for trips under 6-8 hours or when I have time. Security is miserable enough to make this preferable. No one's attacked Amtrak and security theater doesn't work.
Sep 21, 2010, 4:54 am
#17
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 2,726
While I agree with the sentiments, if you let the airlines do their own security they will go as cheap as possible. One only needs to look at the AS "jack-screw" crash in 2000. Profit will always trump security. Airlines, like pretty much every other business, just cannot seem to grasp that while security/safety are expensive, they are cheap compared to an "accident/incident."
I wish I knew what the right answer was. But I do know that TSA/CATSA are the wrong answer.
I wish I knew what the right answer was. But I do know that TSA/CATSA are the wrong answer.
Sep 21, 2010, 5:24 am
#18
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: DCA / WAS
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The Northeast Corridor sees more than it's share of "swat-team-like" inspections of passengers.
Sep 21, 2010, 6:42 am
#19
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