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Originally Posted by full of luv (Post 2889183)

Reminds me of years ago, after wife donates cat to "good family" she found in the paper (I know, I'm old) while I was on a trip, then feels guilty, then we go visit and find out the family is sorta, well very redneck and owns like 10 dogs, all sleeping under their front porch, then we find out the cat had been taken to a vet because of injury (from one of the 10 dogs that apparently wasn't cat friendly, go figure), but the family has no intention of ever going to pay the $200+ vet bill to get the cat.

We go to the vet, negotiate the now bill from $400 back to original $200, but vet says it needs a release from original person who brought in the cat to let it go. I take the release down the street, order a cup of coffee and read the morning paper, scribble my best unreadable signature on it, and then return with $200 check and release.

Vet gives me the cat and wife begins process of rehoming cat again!

Very nice!

I remember in high school I had a valet job at a Marriott. They hired a 3rd party company to do their valet. Mile-Hi Valet was the company I believe, based out of Denver.

I worked one year and had no issues getting the job. I leave and a couple years later come back for a few months (it was kind of a seasonal job for me). I come back and I guess insurance requirements changed and they wanted your driving record now.

I was a late teen with an old Z-28 so needless to say I had some tickets. The manager mentioned what the criteria was, like no more than 2 tickets in the last 3 years etc. Alright. That’s cool.

I go down to the DMV and pay the $5 for my record. I go home, scan it, pop open Microsoft Paint of all things and made that baby look real solid 😂

Went in with my app filled out and handed him my record. Dude looked at it for 2 seconds and threw it on the desk.

This issue with the dreaded SSSS wasn't an issue with JSing when the airlines still used hand written forms for JS. As an infrequent UA jump seater, I see the process as part of the problem. Airlines now use the boarding pass as a jump seat ticket, is it because TSA wants it that way? I don't know, but I can see how we all are getting hosed by a system that (can be) quick and easy, off one flight, get on another to get home ASAP, and it gets screwed up by this SSSS issue intruding itself where it otherwise in the past wouldn't.

AFAIK there has not been a single pilot charged with threat of domestic terrorism at a KCM checkpoint. Sure there have been rule violations (taking your wife's bag through KCM on a vacation, forgetting a gun was in your bag, maybe even carrying a kilo of coke.....). However, (again AFAIK) none of these were a risk to the passengers, because: if we want to do something we can do it already without our bag or uniform, because we are in the cockpit already. We need to keep pushing for KCM for cockpit crew (and yes, cabin is different) without the restrictions currently imposed.