Gidday,
I don't think that your hypothisys is correct,  The problem has been
corrected since Mike Lachowsky got back from flying at Cape Cod.  I and many
others are now receiving the normal flow!!!
Regards,
John Ensoll.
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LSF 1383 Level II
Builder, Flier, Flyfisherman, in retirement.
http://www.canterburysailplanes.co.nz

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 5:13 PM
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Subject: Breakdown?



>Gidday, I'm only getting about 7 messages a day from the exchange<  Well,
maybe. The bombings and now the anthrax scare, (to the media and the
politicians), have allowed the authorities to take over. For our own good,
you see. These are the same people who proved so incompetent before the
bombings but now things are different. As for me, the cops come out when I
fly my "guided missiles." Hell, I might have explosives in them. This is
what
happens when the system is run by faceless cowardly bureaucrats with no
accountability. Next the stupid bastards will want us stripped naked and
herded onto the great sewer pipes with wings for their own security. And
before you ask I do fly but am not a yellow bellied coward about it.  Go
here
to see how bad it can get in a police state, comrade. The terrorists have
truly won and defeated us if things like this are allowed to continue.
Dennis
in New Hampshire.

http://www.citypaper.net/articles/101801/news.godfrey.shtml

And along that line this article;

Don't Go Postal on Airport Security  from the L.A. Times, Oct.  19, 2001by
John Lott, American Enterprise Institute

If you had an important task in which speed and flexibility were vital,
would
it be better done by government or private employees?

    The answer seems obvious.  Government salaries are fixed, and firing
them
is virtually impossible.  Government bureaucracies are not known for quick
adjustments or innovations.  Nowadays, even the U.S. Postal Service hires
Federal Express to help deliver mail.  In the post-Sept. 11 debate, though,
it seems taken for granted that the federal government should take over
security at airports.

    The discussion so far involves anecdotal stories of how people were able
to breach airport security.  The assumption is that this would never occur
if
only these workers were federal employees.  Yet does anyone really wonder
whether reporters posing as illegal immigrants could cross the Mexican
border?

    Airport screening is extremely difficult.  Terrorists can evade metal
detectors with knives made of plastic or ceramics.  Thin metal blades can be
hard to detect with X-rays and can be hidden in the bottom of shoes or made
to look like parts of metal boxes.  Even hand checks of all baggage do not
guarantee safety.

    But there is a better approach.  Western European countries started
privatizing airport security in the early 1990s after spectacular security
failures with government-run operations.  The governments set standards but
left it to the privately run airports to decide exactly how to meet the
standards.

    Private security is not just limited to screening passengers and their
baggage.  In Britain, for example, private companies also provide gate,
aircraft and catering security, as well as crew screening.  Similar
arrangements exist at such high-risk airports as Amsterdam, Belfast,
Brussels, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Paris.

    At Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, government involvement is more
extensive,
providing training and controlling access to the tarmac and other sensitive
areas.  Still, a private company conducts pre-boarding screening and other
security operations.

    What is startling is how the drop-off in hijackings corresponds with the
privatization of these services.  There were 21 hijackings in Europe during
the 1970s, 16 during the 1980s but only four during the 1990s.  Out of these
41 hijackings, only three originated from airports with private security.
    With all the concern about getting qualified people to perform security,
Europe's experience has another lesson.  Europeans found that some people
were too highly trained and got bored and inattentive staring at screens all
day.

    In any event, training standards have nothing to do with workers being
employed by the government.  Barbers, real estate agents, doctors and others
are required to meet minimum training times.  In most states, you can't sell
real estate without attending classes for at least six months, but no one
claims that means agents should be federal employees.

    Many airlines are losing tens of millions of dollars each day.  If they
are to survive, people's fear of flying must be dealt with quickly.  An
airline safety bill that creates one government agency to operate security
has passed the Senate and is moving to the House.  That solution would
eliminate competition that could create innovative ways to protect
passengers.

    In their rush, senators re-created Western Europe's painful mistakes.
Europe learned the hard way that some things are better run by the private
sector.  If these provisions in the Senate bill become law, the U.S. will be
modeling its air security system after the post office.


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