Holy cow... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Aug 2004

my job takes me a lot of different places. Two years ago, yes, TSA was not as organized or
as efficient as today. They are doing a necessary job to keep planes flying and people
going where they want to go. Due to the fact that I worked for TSA two years ago, I am
very familiar with what they have gone through. Now, all you do is check your bags in and
they open them only if their MRI machine spots something with enough mass to potentially
be a problem. They don't make you wait in line much longer now than you did before TSA
was there. Passenger screening is also very efficient at most large airports anyway. They
started with the notes inside when they quit having you stand in front of them while they
checked your bags. I haven't been through any in the last year that did it the old
way.

As for it being BS, I disagree. I would rather have things safer than welcome another
attack on US soil because things weren't being checked.

best regards, Steve Thatcher

-----Original Message-----
From: "Joe R." &lt;rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com&gt;
Sent: Aug 6, 2004 7:02 PM
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Subject: Re: Holy cow...

At 02:14 PM 8/6/04 -0700, you wrote:
...
 On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Joe R. wrote:

  You know
when your bag was checked because the TSA puts a form in your bag
saying they did. 
    I beg to differ. I sat in Kansas City airport two years ago and spent
 abut 3 or 4 hours with the security people and watched as they opened
 numerous bags and I didn't see them put a sticker on ANY of them. Even when
 flying and reclaiming baggage I've never seen one of those stickers. 
Have you flown recently?   
   No and I have no intentions of flying as long as this crap continues. I
have a very low treshold for BS!  So don't expect to see me at VCF or
anywhere else if it involves flying.

   Joe