The madness may be ending!
Sep 24, 2002 | 7:42 pm
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The madness may be ending!
This isn't really miles-related but we've spent a fair amount of time disucssing the topic on this forum anyway, so here goes:
United States (Country threat level - 3): Reports emerged today that
the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will end secondary
passenger checks at airport gates. According to a TSA spokeswoman, the
primary checkpoints will be staffed with sufficiently trained
personnel, making the secondary screening unnecessary. Some passengers and
airline officials had complained that the secondary screenings were
redundant and overly intrusive. Reports did not indicate when the new policy
goes into effect.
This is from the www.airsecurity.com International Hot Spots newsletter.
United States (Country threat level - 3): Reports emerged today that
the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will end secondary
passenger checks at airport gates. According to a TSA spokeswoman, the
primary checkpoints will be staffed with sufficiently trained
personnel, making the secondary screening unnecessary. Some passengers and
airline officials had complained that the secondary screenings were
redundant and overly intrusive. Reports did not indicate when the new policy
goes into effect.
This is from the www.airsecurity.com International Hot Spots newsletter.
Sep 25, 2002 | 12:27 am
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On a four segment trip this week, I was "selected" three times for the bogus secondary screening. Notwithstanding that the 9-11 hijackers would easily have passed this "rigorous" screening, I noticed that only older white males were being selected.
My theory has nothing to do with class warfare or PC, as others have suggested, but I think the screeners deliberately pick out the people who are least likely to be real terrorists (older folks, businessmen, etc.), as your average older white male isn't going to give them any lip, is easily searched, and this gives the screeners the ability to look like they are actually doing something wthout incurring any real risk to their job or safety.
My theory has nothing to do with class warfare or PC, as others have suggested, but I think the screeners deliberately pick out the people who are least likely to be real terrorists (older folks, businessmen, etc.), as your average older white male isn't going to give them any lip, is easily searched, and this gives the screeners the ability to look like they are actually doing something wthout incurring any real risk to their job or safety.
Sep 25, 2002 | 1:53 am
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Sep 25, 2002 | 4:34 am
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