Sun, Mar 08, 2009
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.
Let us hear from you, folks!
Aero-News Quote of the Day
"It presently appears that anyone on the ramp without a
TSA ID is subject to fines or convictions in unknown amounts and
arrest or detainment by unknown persons as it seems not to be known
how enforcement will be conducted, or by whom. The sole female TSA
person, I could not fathom or match the persons to the names,
quietly said, the one time she even dared look at the crowd, that
patrolling would likely be random and infrequent. Or something very
like that.
"Of course the question was then raised, why bother. No
answer."
Source: From an email received by ANN, and
verified as being the work-product/personal report of a pilot (who
has asked for anonymity) that attended a recent TSA meeting in
Montrose, CO, in which new and mostly unreported TSA controls were
discussed that spell incredible trouble for the aviation world...
no matter who they may be.
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