"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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The private security companies were not being held to any standards. Who
controlled them? I would have had no problems with the government
becoming
the
contracting officer and monitoring the security companies. Of course,
this
would
not have required doubling the strength of the AFGE.


"Who controlled them?" They were controlled by the airlines. Remember,
before 9/11 how often you heard, in the news, "....airlines argue that
passengers won't put up with being inconvenienced by more stringent
security
checks"???



And the airlines were correct. Look at travel. Airline's are hurting as
the amount of travel has fallen drastically. The economy is part of it, but
the fact that it takes 3-4 hours at the airport a lot of the time has caused
people to drive to weekend vacations, etc. My daughters both live in the
Los Angeles area, and I have experienced my daughter driving from LA to
arrive at the house the same time as wife and I arrived back from flying.
It is 12 hours driving and $75 in gas vs 10 hours and $150 in airfair for
the round trip. Sometimes we fly, but lots of people are driving.