Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't so much mind the delay and inconvenience as the stupidity. Having security personel act like they don;t know what they are doing does not give a better sense of security. >From my limited experience, the Israeli airport security is far from stupid. - Phong Frank Filippone wrote: > > For all those ranting and raving about the way the airlines > inspect you and > your carry ones...... What would you feel like if they did not check > anything, and your wife/daughter/girlfriend/son was on a flight that got > bombed? Those ( expletive deleted) inspections prevent some > level of moron > from creating chaos. Deal with the delays and inconvenience.. the > alternatives are not good. > > BTW, I do believe that our security measures are still not up to > snuff, and > in fact focus on the wrong details. I thinks the US should spend > more time > understanding and invoking the procedures used by the Israelis. They seem > to have a good handle on the real issues of threat deterrent. > > Ted... it is a shame that your cameras may have been damaged. After the > whole mess clears, tell us what the TSA has to say, and if they actually > offer to pay for the damages. > > Frank Filippone > red735i@earthlink.net