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I think the TSA began its annoying campaign on or around January 2002. The ACLU see a problem with body scanners around March 2002.
From there it just snow-balled!
From there it just snow-balled!
I don't know if this story is on line, but last night on the local news at 11P WBTV did a story that made me sick inside & out. It was on a US f/a who is a breast cancer survivor being forced by CLT TSA to remove her prosthetic breast.
All of us together have to stop this TSA abuse & sexual assaults at the nations airports. Wed. 24 Nov is National Opt Out Day. Even though every day should be opt out day. We is the official day. I can tell you Pissy & Nappy are VERY worried. They've put them selves in a big hole.
www.optoutday.com
www.wewontfly.com
No it was NOT the same person. The F/A you question for being removed is a class act. So is this gal, but I know the one that got removed 2 weeks back. I was shocked! She is a total "perfect" F/A so these pat down must be something else. To grope a pax is questionable, grope a crew member is unacceptable. Esp when there is a congressional exemption for CREW PASS. ENOUGH. Think folks don't just react.Oh, no.....that's uncalled for. I wonder if that's the same f/a who was so upset by the "pat down" she had to get off the trip.
Lord, we have become our own worse enemy.
Don't hold your breath.http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10927931/1/tsa-security-rules-will-change-for-pilots.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
This is excellent news. It looks as if the TSA is using some common sense. I look forward to them extending the same common sense to us flight attendants in the near future.
http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10927931/1/tsa-security-rules-will-change-for-pilots.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
This is excellent news. It looks as if the TSA is using some common sense. I look forward to them extending the same common sense to us flight attendants in the near future.
Is Cathy with US?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLf9hs9bfSA
33 Year Flt Attendant was asked to remove Prosthetic breast (cancer survivor)
Well Debbie and I were with Floyd the other day and I had no idea he like chewing tobacco. He told the TSA rep that he needed a pat down because he had Prince Albert. I'm still not sure why he didn't put it through the X-ray machine.
It could have been worse, for instance if you'd omitted a letter or a certain letter.Sorry for the misspelling of your sign in name.
I wasn't insinuating that the TSA screening does or would have prevented the examples I stated; my point was that, from the point of view of the TSA, such behavior, however rare, seem to indicate that there would be a net security benefit from requiring some form of flight crew screening.Regarding number 1's examples, how exactly does screening prevent any of the above except smuggling?
Superiority complex is too severe and personal a term. I was trying to allude to a more generalistic overall mild and pervasive occupational pride that one might well imagine goes with being a flight attendant. I'm thinking our impressionistic wavelengths are not in tune.While you appear to accuse me of having a superiority complex simply by way of the fact that I wear a uniform; may I pose that you certainly appear to have the same regarding us basic folk.
First, eliminate the TSA. They had their fun, made their money, but the jig is up! Buh Bye.
Second: A big reward for anyone preventing/interfering with a terrorist act.
Example: The guy stopping the underwear bomber. He should receive a ten million dollar reward for stopping the terrorist.
We police our own skies and get rewarded for it. No one wants to get involved? Pay them to. With as many as 500 eyes looking in your direction, waiting for you to move, you'd have to be insane to try anything.
It costs upwards of a Billion dollars a year to fund the TSA, I'm sure everyone will come up with a different dollar amount if they look. With everyone being vigilant, how many times would the government actual pay out a terrorist reward? Think about that. Put that money back into our schools, infrastructure etc. Think of the possibilities!
I know, it's brilliant.
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