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More exceptional behavior by the TSA
An airport security worker was arrested after throwing a cup of hot coffee over a pilot who told her to stop swearing. Transportation Security Administrator (TSA) Lateisha El, 30, was in the middle of a conversation with work colleagues at a JFK Airport terminal when she was interrupted by the American Airlines pilot. Off-duty airman Steven Trivett, 54, was exiting terminal 8 when he overheard El swearing and asked her to tone down the profanity. (www.dailymail.co.uk) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Would this have been posted (here on FlightAware, or in a UK newspaper) if a TSA officer hadn't been involved? If it had been a police officer instead of a TSA officer, the incident would have made local news and that would have been it. Almost every day someone finds something, even if it's just a personal blog, about the TSA to squawk here. And it's not hard to find something to squawk. The media knows that it's an emotional topic that evokes a lot of "discussion", so they're happy to keep cranking out the same kind of story to feed the flames.
Enough already! We get it -- many people don't like the TSA. So do something about it. We've become a society of whiners and complainers. It's so much easier to post an anonymous opinion than it is to actually DO SOMETHING. Write to the head of the TSA, write to your congressman and senators, write to the President, go to election events and talk to the candidates -- one of those efforts might actually accomplish something. But complaining endlessly accomplishes absolutely nothing.
Enough already! We get it -- many people don't like the TSA. So do something about it. We've become a society of whiners and complainers. It's so much easier to post an anonymous opinion than it is to actually DO SOMETHING. Write to the head of the TSA, write to your congressman and senators, write to the President, go to election events and talk to the candidates -- one of those efforts might actually accomplish something. But complaining endlessly accomplishes absolutely nothing.
We make change by "whining and complaining", Indy. I have made my voice heard in Washington by contacting congressman, and senators. I live in a Leftist State. The reps here want to keep the government gravy train running so my comments go in the circular file. The only way to evoke change is to keep these thoughts in everyone's face.
"Trivett, of Butler, Tennessey..." Am I the only one that caught that?
Typical TSA stuff. Get rid of the TSA all they are is reactive and not proactive. They care about nobody but themselves and they thrive on disrupting ones travel.
Thank god that President Bush decided to create a new government agency full of low paid idiots with zero qualifications.
1 point - "The Terrists"
1 point - "The Terrists"
TSA Screener Throws Hot Coffee At AA Pilot
A TSA employee has been arrested after an altercation in which she reportedly threw a cup of hot coffee at an off-duty pilot exiting a secure area at JFK Airport late last week.
http://www.aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=a9fbeb38-adee-4b09-8eae-5ed8b14fc992