Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/10/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] air travel (now drifting totally off topic)
From: "Steve LeHuray" <icommag@toad.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 13:54:17 -0500

.......I thought that is why the LUG Forum was established. So can you guys
take this thread there.

sl



> on 10/4/01 9:17 AM, Pascal at cyberdog@attglobal.net thoughtfully wrote:
>
>> Strange, it is certainly not so in Belgium where security inspectors are not
>> agents of the airlines but rather agents of the official airport authorities
>> (responsible for security), in addition to the official customs agents
>> (responsible for import/export duties etc).
>
> Strange ain't the word for it, Pascal. The result is security by the
> lowest-bidder where staff has a high turn-over, is  poorly trained and
> possibly have background check problems of their own.
>
> The conservatives in Congress have problems with funding a federal cadre for
> the purposes of airport security. My thought to them: okay let's let airline
> security people run the check points into the Capital. THEN lets see if such
> an agency is needed.
>
> I think that we'll be getting the well-trained and equiped security force we
> need.
>
> Adam
>
> I hear the darkroom calling. Back to work. Seeing how Xtol and T-Max 400 get
> along.
>
> AB
>
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