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
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > If you use Ebay to shop online, You can shop
> > Ebay from my website!
> > We are also offering Long Distance at 3.9
> cents
> > a minute!
> > If you want to donate to a worthy cause, and
> > you have at least 10 LD
> > customers,
> > iti will give $1.00 for every customer, to
> your
> > cause every month!
> > so 70 people -->  $70.00,   200 people -->
> $200
> > to your cause each month!
> > www.itilink.com/traine.iti
> >
>