Jim Rosenberg

Securing AIRCRAFT is not the same as building walls for the PARKING airport. That has nothing to do with using aircraft as missiles. Get it?

Me

We've long known that the airlines put profits ahead of people. For years they have disregarded passenger comfort, overbooking practices, routine flight delays, air rage and other problems in the name of the almighty dollar. What we have learned since the tragedy is just how willing they are to completely and continuously disregard passenger safety and human lives, all in the name of profit.

And as a reward for that, they got our tax dollars as well. This formerly frequent flyer will be driving from now on.

Sue

You don't want long lines but you want add'l security? You think GWB or the government should quarantee that you never die? I believe even God has never promised you that. I'm glad that some of you are driving as that means cheaper fares and shorter lines for me. Please continue to stay away from the airports. I, for one, has never believed I would live forever. I know I could die in a plane as easily as I could die in a vehicle or from cancer or from...whatever. NO ONE can keep you alive forever. Sorry.

Stephanie P.

I think the solution is to hire back flight attendants and pilots and let them be ticket agents and let them make the same wages as before. I heard in Pittsburgh that curbside checkline is the norm again for USAirways. Too bad. Nevertheless I am flying on November 2nd to Florida. I refuse to alter my life because of some useless animals in the Mid-East.

Arabella

Stephanie, do you have ANY idea of what pilots make? There's no way an airline could afford to pay them a pilot's salary for a ticket agent position.

Linda

It really depends on your airport. I flew out of Las Vegas on Friday. One-half hour from arrival through check in, through security, to the gate. On Sunday we left Oakland. the line for security alone was almost an hour and check-in took well over an hour. It really depends on the layout and efficiency of the airport you are in. Oakland's real problem was the lack of equipment to do the job efficiently, from what we saw.

xx

Stephanie-I am ROTFLMAO at your comments. Hiring back a pilot who is making maybe 100k a year to work for $7.00 an hour??? Were you asleep when school was in session or what??

JJ

Sue-I agree with you. The problem with people in this country especially the Baby Boomers is that they can't accept their own mortality.

Eugene

I completely agree with Fedup. Quit complaining. I have never had to wait that long. The only wait I've EVER encountered in about 20 flights since 9/11 was in O'Hare, and that was only for maybe 15 minutes. Just nut it up and be patient, lines aren't even that bad anymore.

alittlelate

Hey Eugene, this post has been dead for months and you're just now getting around to agreeing with a post from almost a year ago?

Eugene

I do what I want to do and I say when and what I want to say. If you don't like then go away. People like you "alittlelate" make mi sick. Go away

Dueee

Eugene, you definitely need something better to do than go back over old threads and then get huffy with people who notice that's what you are doing.

Get a fish. Make a peanut butter sandwich. Google on "bandersnatch." Clip your toenails. Practice square breathing. Plant a tree. Go away.

Eugene

Shhhh....sorry. I guess I wasn't paying much attention to the dates when I respond. The second response by a so-called "Eugene" is not me. I'll pay more attention next time.

StopBeingABigBaby

Well, I guess we all have the answer as to how long it would take after September 11 for some people to forget what happened that day and start complaining like spoiled children about the new security measures . . . 17 DAYS!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

To the rest of you whiny, child-like complainers, try to remember that NOBODY had any idea that people could or would do what they did on that fateful day. For the last 30 -35 years, as well on that day, our total airport/airline security plans revolved around the notion of people hijacking planes with the intent to ransom the hijacked, or to "take everyone to Cuba." For all those years, the equipment (metal detectors & x-ray machines) seemed to do the job, and so no new technological advances seemed warranted. When a system has been around and intrenched for that long, it is HIGHLY UNREALISTIC AND UNREASONABLE to expect miraculous change overninght. Everyone is treading unexplored ground here, and mistakes/bugs in the system are an unfortunate and inevitable result. Are there problems? Certainly. Will it take some time to sort things out? Definitely. Can this be done in a nanosecond? NO!

As some others have pointed out, ANY system that ultimately relies on human beings is not and NEVER WILL BE FOOLPROOF. The ideal of "pefrfect security" is a myth. Sorry to break some cherished bubbles here . . .

What?

Hey StopBeingABaby: this thread is almost a year old.

Patricia

Just got back from a trip from Rochester, NY to LA. Our trip out and back was 100% better this time than it was two years ago. We were tagged for luggage checks and personal security checks, but it went quickly. LAX was busy, but everything went very fast. We flew United and everything went like clockwork--no delayed flights, no missed connections, no lost luggage...a far cry from the problems we had with them two years ago. BUT DON'T USE PAYLESS CAR RENTAL IN LA!!!!