[Idyllchat] RE: JFK, Alitalia, Delta

[Russ Crum]

We had to change terminals in DFW last spring. They also have  
resolved this issue since you can change terminals on their inter- 
terminal train and remain inside the secure zone. There is no reason  
most major airports couldn't do the same thing. But, it takes money  
to construct the facilities and too many of the general public seems  
to think you can get all things nice by only cutting spending, not  
increasing revenues.

Another major issue going on is that it is in the interest of the  
government to have the general public think they are being protected  
by TSA. What better way than the very public show of all these  
security screenings!! Politics plays a significant role here folks.

Russ Crum
rrcrum at sbcglobal.net

On Sep 30, 2007, at 8:22 , Barbara Palmer wrote:

> When I came back from Peru I had to change planes in Atlanta.  I  
> did not have to go through security again.  It was very easy.
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> From: Vance Roy <gigli.saw at dplanet.ch>
> To: bcompulady at excite.com
> CC: idyllchat at lists.untours.com
> Subject: Re: [Idyllchat] RE: JFK, Alitalia, Delta
> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 08:28:03 +0200
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Fix this? I don't see it happening.
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> On 29. Sep 2007, at 23:32, Barb wrote:
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>> 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.
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> Vance Roy
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> 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
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