Posted by SKYBOW on November 20, 2010 at 11:34:21 from (67.55.159.4):
In Reply to: OT TSA posted by Fullthrottle on November 20, 2010 at 09:17:58:
Finally a topic here that I feel I can somewhat intelligently talk about. I am a Captain for a major airline.(I have a JD 2940, raise horses and hay. I like talking and learning from guys like you who remind me of my Dad-that's why I'm here) The new full body scanners subject us all to extra high levels of radiation. In a normal 5 hour flight, I get the equivalent of 20 chest x-rays in radiation. Multiply that by the number of days I work a year and you begin to see why pilots have a higher rate of skin cancers, prostate cancer, and other wierd cancers. So I will refuse to go through the full body scan. What then are my options? A full pat down search. I will allow that but only in an area away from public view. That is my right. I base my decision on several things, modesty, but I am trying not to tarnish the professional image that the public has of us guys up front(In my little mind is just looks bad and unprofessional for the TSA to tell my passengers that I can't be trusted to not bring a weapon to work. That is what a pat down in public view means to me). The people they hire for the job are not in any way the cream of the crop in terms of professionalism, and attitude. Do you mind that your wife or daughter is being touched by someone she doesn't know without her permission. Do you really think that that nice looking lady in the next line has to have her bags searched because "something" looked funny. So Merv the perv takes her bag back to the rear tables, out of her sight to hand check all her belongings. It won't be till she get home that night till she discovers some of her underwear missing. But congress and the TSA says it's OK for this guy to pat down your daughter. (The way I understand it is if there is no female TSA agent available then a male can pat down a female passenger) To my knowlegdge, there are only 3 airports in the entire nation that allow PILOTS to bypass screaning. They require 2 ID's and a computer check. It is much slower than the screening. Now If I were Abdul, the guy who puts the peanuts on the plane, I can bypass security at will, and my lunch box, and backpack are never screened. If Abdul wants to send a timed explosive device on a UPS or FEDX flight, NO problem All he has to do is tell the clerk that there is nothing bad in the box. It is not screened or sniffed or sampled. They take his word that all in fine. BS The disconnect between political correctness and reality is absurd at times. IN my daily work, I tend to err on the conservative side of caution. That's how I sleep at night. In spite of the FAA and TSA, the airlines are safe. Very safe. Why????? MONEY It is very costly to have any kind of security incident from a fight on board between two drunks all the way up to the attempted shoe bombing and 911. Airlines don't want a bunch of law suits. They don't want to scare away the paying public. Your money makes them make it safe. Captialism at work doing what it is supposed to do.
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