Question about SSSS
Sep 10, 2004 | 4:31 pm
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Question about SSSS
Is there any actual LAW that REQUIRES people who purchase a one-way ticket at the last minute (perhaps even at the airport counter) to be flagged SSSS on the boarding passes or is that just standard practice among the airlines?
Sep 10, 2004 | 6:03 pm
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Originally Posted by Loose Cannon
Is there any actual LAW that REQUIRES people who purchase a one-way ticket at the last minute (perhaps even at the airport counter) to be flagged SSSS on the boarding passes or is that just standard practice among the airlines?
Sep 10, 2004 | 9:20 pm
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Secret laws means our country (as a free society) is in major trouble. Are secret laws constitutional?
Sep 11, 2004 | 2:04 am
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Federal statutes permit the FAA to keep security research and development activities and regulations private. Thus the pre-TSA regulations regarding CAPPS -- all FAA issue -- have not been made public.
Therefore, the regulations could not be held to be unconstitutional because their status is derived from statutory authority. The only argument would be that the governing statute is unconstitutional, and that is an uphill battle (to say the least.)
Therefore, the regulations could not be held to be unconstitutional because their status is derived from statutory authority. The only argument would be that the governing statute is unconstitutional, and that is an uphill battle (to say the least.)
Sep 11, 2004 | 9:31 am
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Originally Posted by mizzou65201
Therefore, the regulations could not be held to be unconstitutional because their status is derived from statutory authority. The only argument would be that the governing statute is unconstitutional, and that is an uphill battle (to say the least.)
Sep 11, 2004 | 10:35 am
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This is a gray area
Originally Posted by Loose Cannon
Is there any actual LAW that REQUIRES people who purchase a one-way ticket at the last minute (perhaps even at the airport counter) to be flagged SSSS on the boarding passes or is that just standard practice among the airlines?
Sep 11, 2004 | 10:36 am
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Originally Posted by eyecue
Since flying is a priviledge and not a right you are subject to restrictions that can be imposed. If you are SSSS and dont like it then they will tell you not to fly. TSA means that "There's Still Amtrak" (just kidding). CAPPS was put together by the government and unless you could show that it is descriminatory then you would not have a leg to stand on. It is not without its issues though
Sep 11, 2004 | 10:49 am
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Lame??
Originally Posted by AArlington
No problems here with CAPPS in prinicple. I have problems with the lame and invasive security measures used when CAPPS is implemented. Printing SSSS on boarding passes is simple pathetic. There must be a better way.
? I guess that they could tatoo 666 on your forehead We had a guy make it all the way to the gate with a home detention monitor on his ankle once. HE came in from another airport though.
Sep 11, 2004 | 11:17 am
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Originally Posted by eyecue
Since flying is a priviledge and not a right you are subject to restrictions that can be imposed. If you are SSSS and dont like it then they will tell you not to fly. TSA means that "There's Still Amtrak" (just kidding). CAPPS was put together by the government and unless you could show that it is descriminatory then you would not have a leg to stand on. It is not without its issues though
Sep 11, 2004 | 12:51 pm
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Originally Posted by eyecue
Lame and invasive? Isnt that an oxymoron?
Newsflash: if evil doers get their BP stamped prior to checkin and they know they will be selected, they can simply hand their knives/box cutters/whatever to a colleague who didn't get the SSSSpecial treatment.
Some argue that SSSS is a deterent. That is a truly pathetic argument. Who is deterred? When SSSS is advertised prior to entering the checkpoint, who is deterred?