I think the FAA is testing allowing pilots to carry firearms on board.  Not
sure I like that idea, but the Isrealis let their pilots do it and they've got
armed guards on all of their flights.

Dunno about other non-US airlines.

Kat

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:09:32 -0400 "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Well I think if a agent is allowed to carry a
> gun on a plane, it is a little
> silly to take a nail clipper from him. Also
> they search the pilot. I guess
> he is going to take control of the plane, huh.
> i guess an unarmed pilot who
> decided to do something could be stopped by the
> other flight crew, but...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Salkin
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 1:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: PRAYER WHEEL FOR OUR
> TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN...PLEASE D
> ON'T BREAK
>
> When I went through the security in the Philly
> Int'l Airport, they made me
> take my shoes off and patted me down. It was a
> lady who did it, but I was
> still embarrassed.  Fortunately, they didn't
> make me get out of my
> wheelchair.
>  They did search my wheelchair, though, but not
> with me out of it.
>
> I wasn't too happy about any of it, but I
> gritted my teeth and bore it.  In
> Tel Aviv, you go through a lot worse in
> searches, and the airport there (and
> in Europe) is guarded by the military with
> machine guns.
>
> In packing my stuff, I made sure anything like
> nail clippers, etc., were
> packed in checked-in luggage and not in
> carry-on baggage, so nothing was
> consficated.
>
> They should have taken you into a private area
> to search you, I think.  But
> we
> are all paying the price of global travelling
> in the face of terrorist
> threats.
>
> Kat
>
> On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 12:48:35 EDT Magenta Raine
> wrote:
>
> > Ken, on Sept. 3, when I came back from DC. I
> > was searched at dulles airport
> > to the point it was embarrassing they took my
> > back pillow and put it through
> > the x-ray, the guy went through every pocket
> in
> > my purse TWICE and then put
> > it through the x-ray for the second time. The
> > lady guard asked me to spread
> > my legs so she could search my thighs. they
> > took off my new tennis shoes to
> > look on the bottom and inside. It was
> > embarrassing as everybody could see
> > what was going on. I looked up to see a white
> > guy shaking his head in wonder.
> >  I'm darker than many whites, so I guess they
> > thought I was an Arab. It was
> > an eye opening experience. I have never been
> > profiled and I hope I won't be
> > again, but I'm glad they were thorough as it
> > was close to 9-11
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