RedBumper |
10-04-2003 04:35 PM |
From a pilots point of view i couldn't agree more that airport security should be stronger but what you are saying is just wrong and shouldn't have happened.
After september 11 it was clear that something should change so they started with changing some rules.
The biggest change would be that the cockpit has to be kept "clean"..... meaning cockpit door should be kept closed on and above 10,000 feet. Pretty stupid rule, door closed or not, if you want to get in, you CAN get in, even with bullet proof doors. If you want to get the bird down, you CAN get it down, even with bullet proof doors.
Security at airports was tightened alot. Pretty hypocrit if you ask me, i'll give you a small example:
We do a Brussels Intl to Lome (Africa). You have the very tight security at Brussels and then you take-off to Lome. You arrive at Lome airport and everyone can do pretty much what he wants to do. Passengers walking accross the field without guards, people getting on and off the field without anybody asking any questions, etc...
The inbound crew (we) sign the aircraft over to the outbound crew who takes it back to Brussels full pax (with those passengers who could do pretty much what they wanted when they boarded at Lome).
What does this tell you? To me it's all a big media thing, just the same as alot of airlines used september 11 as an excuse to fire people and not get any fingers pointed because they where actually making losses years before september 11. I was one of those victims, i got my notice that i had to go due to passengers not flying anymore after september 11........ well, before september 11 we had full pax and after september 11 we still had full pax. Easy to lay people off after september 11 and not get a finger pointed for bad management.
The airline industry has been going down for years and they are not doing much to get it back up again...... as we can see from your example.
I am now a free lance flyboy on private jets.... atleast i know i won't get screwed but i don't do the big birds anymore.
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