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

"I haven't been involved in any kind of terrorism, and I never committed any crime. Ever since I came here I've loved this country for what it stands for, and this goes against everything that I've ever learned about this country and how it treats people. This is the kind of nightmarish situation you think happened in Stalinist Russia or Nazi Germany, but not in America."

Source: Robert Gray, a Cape Air pilot, who told the Boston Globe that because he ended up on the government's no-fly list, he's now lost his job. He said the TSA has provided his lawyers with information that indicates the Robert Gray who should be barred from flight is Hispanic -- Gray, an immigrant from Northern Ireland, is white.

FMI: www.tsa.gov