I had the same thought.
- ASB
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From: Clayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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Can you imagine being a passenger on a hijacked plane after this? It
won't happen again, because the next time a hijack happens, the
passengers will think of New York and storm the hijackers before being
used as a guided missile.
Clayton Doige
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 3:33 PM
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Subject: RE: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!)
Airport security in Buffalo has gone to the extreme. Way overboard in my
opinion. If a terrorist wants to strike again, they will find a way.
my 2 cents.
--Charles
Andrew Baker
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>> If anything these airports need to be privatized and
>> the security force needs to be trained and made to
>> do their jobs. It's that simple.
And what job were they supposed to be doing that they didn't?
If you took a poll last week about airplane/airport security, would
there
have been the same level of outcry?
There is often a tendency to over-react in situations like this and
suggest
that every process in the equation is broken. I am not suggesting that
airport security is stellar and could not be improved. However, to my
knowledge, there was no particular breach of security that was taken
advantage of, for this event.
If anything, having an Air Marshall (or two) on board might have had a
positive impact. Likewise, denying access to the cockpit would be a
good
idea.
The problem is that everyone wants to be secure, but they don't want to
spend any time or money to do it.
- ASB
- ASB
-----Original Message-----
From: Kent Neff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 1:33 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!)
Ya gotta be kidding. Most of the airports are "managed" by local
governments and they can't get it right. What makes you think the Feds
are
able to do it. Where I live (Atlanta), the General Manager is a
politcal
crony of the Mayor and is an incompetent clown at best. If anything
these
airports need to be privatized and the security force needs to be
trained
and made to do their jobs. It's that simple. I work around the airport
so
I see it all the time.
My 2 cents.
Regards,
Kent Neff
>From: Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "NT System Admin Issues"
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>To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Airport security (was: The idiocy continues!)
>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:13:46 -0400 (EDT)
>
>On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Phillips, Glen wrote:
> > I've noticed that in amongst all the criticism of poor security at
> > Boston airport, no-one has suggested paying the people who operate
the
> > metal detector screens and x-ray machines a bit more than what they
> > currently get (which is reported as on a par with someone who flips
> > burgers in a diner).
>
> I have seen mentioned several times that the people supposedly
guarding
>air-travel security are minimum wage workers who have not been trained.
>Many are calling for the government to take over airport security.
>
> Myself, I think that makes sense. One of the functions of
government
is
>to protect the people, i.e., to establish and maintain a police force.
The
>government already patrols roads, trains, and general property. To me,
it
>makes sense to extend that same protection to air travel.
>
>--
>Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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