Ridiculous & Stupid Argument
Well, Cargo Clown,
You chose that callsign not me...
ANY extra ID, especially sophisticated kit - combined with 'Intel' of course not quite available at the time - might have prevented 9/11.
I would ask you to cast your mind back to the international feeling just after that happened, the dumb shock for a while.
It would indeed be ridiculous to forget that for the sake of your importance.
I'm sorry if it interferes with your puddle jumping and trolley dollies, but this, as I say especially applied to ground personnel, is one of the several ways to go.
Meanwhile I'll feel a lot happier in a private or military aircraft, and I expect so will a lot of other people, who'll holiday locally ( I'm an air - air photographer ).
Precious bus drivers should be glad of all the security help they can get, and it would happen under any government; as I mentioned, I am no more a fan of this lot than any other.
Last edited by Double Zero; 8th May 2009 at 23:08.