Just found out I have to check my brand new $300 helmet as luggage because they won't let me carry it onboard. Oh yeah, and since my ticket is one-way, I can look forward to being singled out for Lawboy-style rubber-glove-in-the-ass security scrutiny.
Meanwhile some raghead with a bomb will probably end up boning the stewardess in the first class toilet before sending us all to a firey death somewhere over a gator-filled Alabama swamp.
I'm always amazed when I get pulled aside for the extra search - blonde hair, blue eyed big white guy. Go figure.
I remember having a Canon XL1 - a $5k video camcorder - and trying to get on a plane. They were telling me I had to check it, only they dont insure this stuff. I'm telling them no way. Big battle and they finally let me carry it on.
I used to fly almost every week - now I avoid it at any cost.
I'm always amazed when I get pulled aside for the extra search - blonde hair, blue eyed big white guy. Go figure.
I remember having a Canon XL1 - a $5k video camcorder - and trying to get on a plane. They were telling me I had to check it, only they dont insure this stuff. I'm telling them no way. Big battle and they finally let me carry it on.
I used to fly almost every week - now I avoid it at any cost.
I get nailed EVERY time I fly. Blonde hair blue eyes..same story. I typically have khaki shorts on and a Polo shirt....I look like a terrorist I guess.
Let me ask you this...have you ever seen them really search a Arab person?? I havent! [img]/images/graemlins/angry.gif[/img]
Customer service sucks, they treat you like a criminal and they charge more for the same flight.. I wonder why it is failing. They are not using rubber gloves anymore due to cost cuts, just warm soft skin, it's ok bubba loves ya for 5 minutes. [img]/images/graemlins/bootyshake.gif[/img]
I was standing in line to be checked with like 5 other tall white guys and we were all sitting there in disbelief as a couplke Arabs got on the flight no problem. I said something to the guy who was checking me out and he said that the computer picks people and they cant use "racial profiling" - I'm like WTF? 11 arabs fly a plane into the WTC and you cant "profile" them? Fuck that! Get their asses back out here and make them take of their fucking shoes.
You see that ugly fucker who failed to light his shoes on fire? What bright gate agent didnt pick him out for a closer inspection?
If I can drive to my destination in nine hours or less, I drive instead of fly. Didn't use to, but now with all the hassles at the airports, it's quicker to drive. Don't get me wrong, I think that the extra security is a good thing, but not when they are practically strip searching the wrong people. Last flight I was on I was one of the lucky picked out for a search just before boarding the flight. I do not fit the description of what I would call a hijacker, but those who did were not given a second glance.
I think they still use racial profiling even thought they say they don't. I always wait till the last minute to get on the plane, this trick has allowed me to avoid the shoe removal task.
I have to agree it has become a pain in the ass, however, the increased level of security, although not perfect, is still somewhat re-assuring.
they dont search arabs since they want to avoid a lawsuit.. all it takes in this fucked up lawboyistic country is one disgruntled arab to cry racism after being searched... he was singled out.. boo fuckin hoo.. maybe if his people didnt fly planes into buildings there wouldnt be a problem..
all it takes in this fucked up lawboyistic country is one disgruntled arab to cry racism after being searched... Eddie
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now i've made you an adjective too, besides a noun.. now if anyone ever frivolously sues me and wins, i'll make you a verb and say i got lawboyed... or is that an adverb?
Just got back from Cleveland, flew Continental Express. Plane is too small, seats suck. Was pulled out for a search twice(can't wear those shoes with steel shanks, son) Here I am with my wife, (ok we are an inter-racial couple) I have a lapel pin that has the World Trade Towers with the words 'Never Forget', along with a polo that has the Vol Fire department title on it. The wife was labled search also. She has an American flag hat with the comment "These colors don't run".
Pissed? Yes, I am. Is it needed? Yes, it is. But one must think this thru. I ask for the emergency row exit due to my height and build.(Doors don't stay closed for long in front of me. If one needs to be opened, it is).
What ever I need to do to keep us safe is fine by me. As far as I am concerned the only person who could have a beef over racial profiling is the wife. And IF she says to search them, I guess it's ok.
Yeah, I should have a GREAT time. Because of the nature of my trip, I'll have to wear my motorcycle gear to the plane (won't have enough luggage to pack it into, as I have to be able to bring all that stuff back on a bike without sidebags). So I'll show up in armored boots, jacket, and pants, with a helmet in hand, on a one-way ticket.
