<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
"As a result of the shortage, much more baggage will have to be opened at the ticket counter and either hand-searched or its contents swabbed with devices that screen for traces of explosives. Airline officials fear long lines and delayed flights when the new security measures take effect during the holidays."
So if this is so important, why isn't it happening now? Because we are chasing an arbitrarily chosen date. We're wasting billions and seeing nothing in return. Unfunded mandates from those without airline experience.
Heil Mineta!
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To create a comparison of Norman Mineta with Nazis is deeply insulting to the legacy of those who actually faced the Nazis, and their heirs. It is also, and please forgive me, feeble minded and beneath you as an intelligent person.