Pilot Refuses Full-Body Scan, Says TSA Doesn’t Make Travel Safer. Another pilot hero

Doug Huffman · Oct 20, 2010

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10...-body-scan-says-tsa-doesnt-make-travel-safer/

cBS/crAP staff said:
Roberts says he has safety concerns, but called TSA a “make-work” program that doesn’t make travel safer.

National job creation Obamanation welfare.

Shades of Captain Hero Sullenberger.

Tawnos · Oct 20, 2010

Doug Huffman said:
National job creation Obamanation welfare.
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I thought Bush created the Thousands Standing Around program. I'd love to see Obama overturn it, but when has the federal government ever really voted for significant cuts in its departments (with the exception of NASA)?

Doug Huffman · Oct 20, 2010

CNN: Pilot refuses full-body scan, pat down

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/10/20/pilot.refuses.body.scan/index.html?iref=allsearch

The TSA said in a statement that "security is not optional" and any person who refuses security screening is not allowed to fly.

"TSA's responsibility is to keep the traveling public safe and we use an unpredictable variety of security techniques to carry out this mission," the statement said.

Grapeshot · Oct 20, 2010

For crying out loud!

He's flying the d*mn thing.

That's like screening the driver of an F-14 or M1 Abrams.

Doug Huffman · Oct 20, 2010

Flying the damned thing, he gets there first.

Captain Hero Chesley Sullenberger for President! Better'n the poseur we got now.

since9 · Oct 21, 2010

Grapeshot said:
For crying out loud!

He's flying the d*mn thing.

That's like screening the driver of an F-14 or M1 Abrams.

Exactly. TSA: "We cannot afford to risk having a pilot carry a 115 grain bullet aboard a 3,500,000,000 grain airplane. That constitute a clear and present danger to our job security."

That's 3.5 billion grains, by the way, or about half a million pounds.

Grapeshot · Oct 21, 2010

Grapeshot said:
For crying out loud!

He's flying the d*mn thing.

That's like screening the driver of an F-14 or M1 Abrams.

since9 said:
Exactly. TSA: "We cannot afford to risk having a pilot carry a 115 grain bullet aboard a 3,500,000,000 grain airplane. That constitute a clear and present danger to our job security."

That's 3.5 billion grains, by the way, or about half a million pounds.

Now that puts it in proper perspective :exclaim:

chiefjason · Oct 22, 2010

To paraphrase a pilot I knew. "I don't need a knife to fly this plane into the ground. I'm the pilot." When TSA found a tiny knife in the bottom of his bag. Makes no sense to subject the pilot to TSA checks. All the checks he needed should have been done before he got the job.

TechnoWeenie · Oct 22, 2010

About a year after TSA launched, they interviewed the head of israeli air security( El al, IIRC), to get his idea on how TSA was doing....

His response was along the lines of.... 'Israel has a method of preventing hi-jackings, America has a method of ******* off passengers'

DCKilla · Oct 22, 2010

TechnoWeenie said:
About a year after TSA launched, they interviewed the head of israeli air security( El al, IIRC), to get his idea on how TSA was doing....

His response was along the lines of.... 'Israel has a method of preventing hi-jackings, America has a method of ******* off passengers'

+1

since9 · Oct 26, 2010

TechnoWeenie said:
'Israel has a method of preventing hi-jackings, America has a method of ******* off passengers'

And Israel gets the job done for 1/10th the cost, too.

END_THE_FED · Oct 26, 2010

A Letter From the Pilot,

As published on LewRockwell.com

[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Pilot to TSA: 'No Groping Me and No Naked Photos'[/FONT][/FONT]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/roberts-m1.1.1.html

Bookman · Oct 26, 2010

END_THE_FED said:
A Letter From the Pilot,

As published on LewRockwell.com

[FONT=Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif][FONT=Times New Roman, Times, serif]Pilot to TSA: 'No Groping Me and No Naked Photos'[/FONT][/FONT]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/roberts-m1.1.1.html

I don't blame the man. His rights were being INTENSELY violated.

END_THE_FED · Oct 26, 2010

Bookman said:
I don't blame the man. His rights were being INTENSELY violated.

Your darn right they were.
The federal government is violating the rights of everyone who is given a choice between being strip searched or groped.

I don't remember seeing an air-travel exception to the 4th amendment.

Michigun · Oct 26, 2010

chiefjason said:
To paraphrase a pilot I knew. "I don't need a knife to fly this plane into the ground. I'm the pilot." When TSA found a tiny knife in the bottom of his bag. Makes no sense to subject the pilot to TSA checks. All the checks he needed should have been done before he got the job.

This reminds me of an article from "ask the pilot" where they took away a pilots cutlery.

http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/07/11/askthepilot283/

since9 · Oct 27, 2010

I think the TSA runs most "ZERO-TOLERANCE" (zero common-sense) school policies for our children. Either that or the other way around.

Let's see... Which came first?

OldCurlyWolf · Oct 27, 2010

since9 said:
I think the TSA runs most "ZERO-TOLERANCE" (zero common-sense) school policies for our children. Either that or the other way around.

Let's see... Which came first?

TSA = Terminally Stupid Anuses

:cuss:

One reason I have not flown anywhere since before 9/11/2001

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