UAPremierExec
Posts: 422
From: Las Vegas, Nevada - UA Premier Exec, AS MVP Gold, FlyerTalk resident *REAL* Travel Agent
Registered: Sep 2001 posted 03-26-2002 04:17 PM
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.... if someone is pulled aside at the gate for a random search and they find something, wouldn't that bother you knowing they passed through the "ultimate" security checkpoint and made it through without being detected?
can someone explain to me exactly HOW our government is operating and HOW these random searches are in any way legit?
Why not search the employees at O'Hare who get access by swiping their badges to get into the employee parking lot, then drive past numerous open hangars and even 2 active TAXIWAYS to get to their cars, then hop on busses that drop them off beside parked airplanes and luggage?
just food for thought.... is anyone in DC reading??
Nate V
Paulo
Posts: 298
From: New York, NY, USA
Registered: Oct 1999 posted 03-26-2002 04:22 PM
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My pet peeve: It is so blatantly clear that the target people on one-way reservations or last minute bookings - in fact each time that I have had a late change in plans, I've found myself virtually strip-searched.
Don't you think potential hijackers are smart enough to figure out these extremely NON-random searches and avoid the typical red flags?
I'm getting so sick of being inspected every time I'm bumped from a flight and rescheduled on another airline, and lo and behold, my boarding pass gets a BIG BLACK S printed on it.
There has to be a better way!
Worldtraveler36
Posts: 967
From: Malibu, California, USA
Registered: Dec 2001 posted 03-26-2002 04:29 PM
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Let me give you something to ponder.
A friend works for an airline at LAX. He parks at that airlne's employee parking lot and takes the bus to the terminal. He flies to Boston, where he connects to London/no security. In case you can figure this airline out?!
I am not worried about him, but some of the employees, that could concern me.
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RustyC
Posts: 285
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000 posted 03-26-2002 04:32 PM
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Yeah, I got the third degree in Minneapolis after coming off an international flight from TYO and standing by for an onward connection to ATL, which cleared about 10 min. before departure time. I had to have all bags with me at the gate (one check-in size, one carryon), and it was only afterward that I remembered that the checked bag (which had to go through the machine like a carryon and fortunately just barely fit) had a pocket knife and a small pair of scissors in it. That got checked at the end of the ramp and not searched, but the carryon really got searched and I got the pat-down and "take off your shoes" bit. Probably because of the last-minute change.