Excellent observations up there.
Pegasus77: Your story is amazing. My impression of "European' airport personnel (before 9/11) was that, in general, they are more intelligent than over hier in den USA.
Do the German "FAA" not allow security people to use any common sense? Or were they just extremely bored (gelangweilt)? Or are they really "nicht so schlau wie vorher"/dumm/doof/dickkopfig, or just very unhappy with their jobs or the pay?
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