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Old Oct 27, 2006 | 9:31 am
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Originally Posted by studentff
...I don't see how DHS/TSA would have any legit grounds to shut him down. ....
I don't think DHS can shut him down (except make threats), but NWA has a good case to shut him down - clear misuse of trademarks.

I kind of have to side abit with Peachfront. All we need now is some moron at DHS/TSA (and they seem to have plenty working there) or the Congress (plenty there too) to get a bug in their ear over this and shut down OLCI for everyone.

We are not playing with smart people - we are playing with reactionary cover-your-a$$ types who could care less how their decisions affect the flying public or the airlines. They already bumped OLCI from 36 hours to 24 hours (with no quantifiable security reason to do so) and blocked it from those with a secondary screening tag (possibly my fault for publicizing the liquid paper trick here at FT).

All they need is one good reason to get people all hot and bothered over this issue (vis a vis the BP generator website) to make it look like all the terrorists of the world will flock to make their own boarding passes and OLCI will get shut down entirely.

I'm all for battling the TSA and DHS over their stupid decisions, but let's not give them new ammunition to come up with more stupid decisions that make our travels even more difficult.
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