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Confusion leads to man bringing guns on Air Canada flight
Haight made his way through security, where officials told him not to walk through the metal detector but asked to see his badge. He said he didn't have one, since he was not a police officer. Instead, he showed his possession and acquisition licence that, as Haight points out, looks more like a driver's licence than a badge. "They proceeded me onto the plane," Haight said. "I then was looking around and wondering why are they letting me on here with two pistols in a… (www.ctv.ca) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
At least they realized it was their own mistake, though they wasted quite a few hours of his life with their questioning.
Wow! that is some story. I don't think they wasted anyones time with the questioning. They had to figure out how this happened. Mr. Haight seems to be a pretty resaonable and responsible guy, so i don't think he minded either.
Of course they wasted his time. Let them sort their screw-up amongst themselves and not hinder him in anyway. They handed him the same form on the return leg, there's no communication or accountability on the part of these morons!
Probably the safest flight in the world since... well, since EVER.
Safest flight ever? Why... becasue he brought two guns onboard? The guns were not loaded. Ammunition was in the cargo hold. I guess he could have thrown the guns at a highjackers head...
Although there are those who argue that we'll never hear about the successful stops of potential terrorists, it seems that we are frequently told about how innocent people are mistreated like terrorists. So how effective is TSA and CATSA in actually preventing terrorist activities? I'd guess not much, since they screw up so badly so frequently with obviously innocent people.
I don't travel by commercial airliner often, but I've had 3 screw-ups by TSA. The first was when I had a pair of 6" pliers in my carry-on, which I was told was absolutely forbidden, "No tools are allowed." Not so, according to TSA's own website--but rather than argue, I told the TSA gal to just take them. The second was when I was accompanying my ol' Ma, age 86 at the time, and she was held up by an aggressive TSA woman who insisted that she must raise her arms above her head to be wanded--which Ma cannot physically do because of surgery. We missed our plane because of the lengthy questioning and repetitive wanding that both the TSA gal and her supervisor insisted on doing. The third was recently, when I had to unload one of my carry-ons twice because TSA's X-ray machine couldn't recognize a flashlight as being a flashlight. On the return trip, CATSA let the same bag go through without a murmur. Grrrr!
It must be tough to travel frequently--I'm glad I don't.
I don't travel by commercial airliner often, but I've had 3 screw-ups by TSA. The first was when I had a pair of 6" pliers in my carry-on, which I was told was absolutely forbidden, "No tools are allowed." Not so, according to TSA's own website--but rather than argue, I told the TSA gal to just take them. The second was when I was accompanying my ol' Ma, age 86 at the time, and she was held up by an aggressive TSA woman who insisted that she must raise her arms above her head to be wanded--which Ma cannot physically do because of surgery. We missed our plane because of the lengthy questioning and repetitive wanding that both the TSA gal and her supervisor insisted on doing. The third was recently, when I had to unload one of my carry-ons twice because TSA's X-ray machine couldn't recognize a flashlight as being a flashlight. On the return trip, CATSA let the same bag go through without a murmur. Grrrr!
It must be tough to travel frequently--I'm glad I don't.