Nope, in Los Angeles; LAX in fact.  My old home town.

Kat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 9:33 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: PRAYER WHEEL FOR OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN...PLEASE D
ON'T BREAK


> i think the isrealis have the most experience with terrorism and should be
> our model. we did send people over to look at their methods. know what
they
> said. you americans have a system that looks for weapons and we look for
> terrorist. they also said our system did not make us more secure it just
> bothered people.
>    i'll note that the guy that killed two in the california airport a
couple
> months ago would have kept on shooting except he had the bad luck to start
> his shooting near an el al ticket counter and an armed isrealis shot him
> dead before he could continue. he had lots of ammo and several guns. i
think
> that was in san francisco.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Salkin
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: 9/12/2002 2:14 PM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: PRAYER WHEEL FOR OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN...PLEASE D
> ON'T BREAK
>
> 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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