I haven't flown since 9/11. I have a problem being patted down just because the equivalent of a burger flipper thinks I should be.

I found a pretty amusing satire on Airline Travel Safety Rules today....

My favorite variation? "Shoes can now be worn through the security gate as long as passengers' feet are placed in a zip-lock bag before boarding."

My second favorite? "Passengers who have consumed liquids or otherwise themselves consist of liquids must now be placed in a three quart zip-lock bag and placed on the conveyor belt. If you cannot fit into a three quart bag, you can check the rest of your bodily fluids as luggage".

We flew last July, first time in years and years. My wife got the full pat-down, they were really concerned about her underwire bra (she is a busty 55 year old). But they completely missed the Cold Steel Mini-Pal she forgot and left on her keychain, which was in her carry-on bag. They ARE idiots!!!

"...supervisors get sacked too; they are also easily replaceable..."

Yup, but GOOD supervisors are hard to find, hence the problem in many areas of our society. There is an old saying..."if you have a problem, promote it"...

If they were well-educated and well-trained across the board, that would be one thing. What we have is something else entirely. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Just to give you an idea of the intelligence of theTSA system, they still identify potential threats by just a name on a watch list. There is no other information such as age, racial type... nothing more. They also include the names of know dead individuals. They do not, howeve, list the names of the potentially most dangerous "terrorists" because that information is "classified".
Don't you feel a whole lot safer now?

"There is nothing so frightening as ignorance in action.

i just watched the 60 minutes segment about the ridiculously inept no fly list. the interviewer even questioned the lady who's in charge of the information that makes the list and she was literally speechless. there's 11 of the dead 9/11 hijackers on there, names like john roberts (with no birth date or other informantion), and the name of another guy who's been dead for 10 years, etc. etc. man, the level of incompetence is really disturbing.