Aero-News: Quote of the Day

ANN's Quote of the Day usually derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and issues.

Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be thought-provoking.

Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves become future Quotes of the Day.

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"Here we are as citizens entrusting our goods to these people in the name of airport security. Then to have it stolen ... We have to make sure if that occurs, the perpetrators get brought to justice."

Source: U.S. Attorney Robert E. O'Neill, condemning the illegal acts committed by baggage handlers and a TSA officer, caught strealing from passengers flying through JAX. The three baggage handlers and a federal screener were arrested Thursday and Friday and charged with stealing nine laptops, a computer bag, software, a wristwatch and an iPod.

FMI: www.tsa.gov