[Idyllchat] RE: JFK, Alitalia, Delta

[Vance Roy]

There is no sense in my going through the delays, frustrations, etc.  
that have been my fortune in several airports. It should be evident  
to all that the personnel in security jobs are the lowest common  
denominator. Most of these folks would not be hired to do any other  
work in the public or private sectors. To say that most of them are  
dumber than dirt would be kind. Remember, I didn't say that. This  
condition MAY exist all the way to the top of TSA. They got burned  
badly by 9/11 (bad metaphor, I know), and they only have tunnel  
vision now.

The airports have a monopoly on air travel, and that is the service  
you get with monopolies. If everyone refused to make connections  
through, or use, a given airport for a week, things would start to  
jump. That isn't going to happen because most of us enter into a  
"herd" mentality when we travel.

Fix this? I don't see it happening.

On 29. Sep 2007, at 23:32, Barb wrote:

>
> We had a very similar experience in Amsterdam this past week.  And  
> that surprised us because that one has been a very "friendly"  
> airport in the past.

Vance Roy
gigli.saw at dplanet.ch
http://homepage.mac.com/fredch

If you took all the people who sleep on the job at their desks and  
laid them end to end, they’d be a lot more comfortable.
AJC Vent