Nope, in Los Angeles; LAX in fact. My old home town. Kat ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > 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 > > > > >