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I don't understand why the papers get upset by these elite lines. If anything, it's very American to differentiate among people based on what they pay! I guess we just have to get use to reading these articles, again and again and again! :eek:
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Originally Posted by ContinentalFan
I don't understand why the papers get upset by these elite lines. If anything, it's very American to differentiate among people based on what they pay! I guess we just have to get use to reading these articles, again and again and again! :eek:
Egalitarian society - ha! :rolleyes: :mad: |
Originally Posted by bnarayan1511
The sad part is, I will bet you any money that this exact segment will 100% favor extra screening for middle-eastern/Arab males.
Egalitarian society - ha! :rolleyes: :mad: Although perhaps a reasonably safe bet: http://tinyurl.com/pt4nq http://tinyurl.com/ozcd8 |
Feel guilty? Not a chance. People just need to grow a thicker skin... or stop looking at the regular line :D
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Originally Posted by Fredd
You're not stereotyping, are you? ;)
Although perhaps a reasonably safe bet: http://tinyurl.com/pt4nq http://tinyurl.com/ozcd8 |
Originally Posted by SNA_Flyer
The Registered Traveller Program is nothing but a big scam. So I give up a bunch of personal info, pay $100, and get to stand in a shorter line, but still have to take my shoes off, etc? What a crock.
I can stand in a shorter line as an elite at most of the airports I travel through. I don't need registered traveller. |
Originally Posted by ContinentalFan
If anything, it's very American to differentiate among people based on what they pay!
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marxists complain about everything... :rolleyes:
i'm definitely looking forward to the RT program. |
Well, certainly if they sorted the passengers according to their frequency of flight you'd get people who know how to take their laptops out, their coats/shoes off, and the freaking keys ouf of their pockets.
Also, if you put all non-citizens in a special line (like customs, natch) you could probably get 80% of the value of profiling without having a three finger exam from the reality deniers at CAIR/ACLU/etc. |
Egads! Good thing I kept a copy of the nastygram I sent the Washington Post after their buffoonish complaint about 'elite security' at airports a few weeks back.
Does anyone know how to contact the reporter for this article (and their editor) so I can send my letter and get in some 'fair and balanced' (sorry) commentary? |
Originally Posted by last_minute
...but we all pay the same security fee, and the screeners work for the feds. Elite lines seem fishy to me.
Case closed. |
Originally Posted by TierFlyer
Also, if you put all non-citizens in a special line (like customs, natch) you could probably get 80% of the value of profiling without having a three finger exam from the reality deniers at CAIR/ACLU/etc.
That is a great suggestion! |
Originally Posted by bocastephen
Egads! Good thing I kept a copy of the nastygram I sent the Washington Post after their buffoonish complaint about 'elite security' at airports a few weeks back.
Does anyone know how to contact the reporter for this article (and their editor) so I can send my letter and get in some 'fair and balanced' (sorry) commentary? OMNI: Interesting, here's his bio from March 2003. Letters to the editor go to: [email protected] |
Originally Posted by kaukau
That is a great suggestion!
How obvious could it be? |
Originally Posted by bnarayan1511
Sad, isn't it?
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