whirledtraveler, I
LOVE it! :-:
CharlesMD, it is upsetting - and I'll bet that under the Patriot Act et sequelae we do not have the right to have a FAM identify themselves to us upon asking, just like quite a few of our rights seem to be abrogated. (I don't want to spend years in a court trying to fight for a cleare definition of "unreasonable search and seizure"...) And, if you hope to get TSA tapes released on FOIA, I hope you are very, very young with lots of spare time and energy (like your tag would have to be DoogieHawserMD.)
My motto for flying in the "new millenium" has become
"non illegitimi carborundum"
(pseudo-Latin for "don't let the ba****ds wear you down")
Originally Posted by whirledtraveler
Here's a better way to handle it. When you are the first to board and you see the air marshall, just walk up to him and say "Hey, I really appreciate what you all do for us."
If someone questions you afterward act dumbfounded and say "Huh? It's always obvious who the air marshall is. If you don't want people to recognize them why do you make it so obvious?!"
