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08-26-2008 | 10:02 AM
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You missed my point. I do know what is involved with higher security clearances and background checks and I never meant that they're the same as an airline's background check.
And no, I'm not trying to turn this into a military vs. civilian contest and the "brass tacks" of this thread has nothing to do with your scenario about screwing up with nukes.
My post was in reply to a post that implied an airline background check is redundant because of a security clearance that was held in the past. My point is that the bottom line;
No matter what level of background checks one has been through in the past, due to reasons I stated earlier about no one being infallible, ALL airline new-hires should undergo the same background checks.
And no, I'm not trying to turn this into a military vs. civilian contest and the "brass tacks" of this thread has nothing to do with your scenario about screwing up with nukes.
My post was in reply to a post that implied an airline background check is redundant because of a security clearance that was held in the past. My point is that the bottom line;
No matter what level of background checks one has been through in the past, due to reasons I stated earlier about no one being infallible, ALL airline new-hires should undergo the same background checks.
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08-26-2008 | 07:31 PM
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You're forgiven for your clumsy comprehension of what was clearly stated in the first post.
08-27-2008 | 06:50 AM
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08-27-2008 | 07:43 PM
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You're the victor. Feel better now?
08-28-2008 | 04:52 AM
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If you're looking for logic in anything run by our government, give up. As it was explained to me by a terrific, now retired FAA inspector, "Just remember this is a political solution to a technical problem!"
08-28-2008 | 12:24 PM
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I asked a TSA supervisor in my home town and he mentioned a memo he received about the 'trial' being extended to a few more airports in the Spring of '09... It sounds like it might take a while. 
He said many local branches are fighting this idea because they say it'll cost them extra money and resources (extra TSA person to deal with pilots only). He thinks it's probably more about the basic distrust and dislike between many TSA agents and the pilots which he claims is very real, he said he’s had to ‘counsel’ many of his agents about keeping their feelings about us to themselves; I know this supervisor personally and I'm sure he knows what he's talking about (he’s a former pilot who took an early retirement).
He said many local branches are fighting this idea because they say it'll cost them extra money and resources (extra TSA person to deal with pilots only). He thinks it's probably more about the basic distrust and dislike between many TSA agents and the pilots which he claims is very real, he said he’s had to ‘counsel’ many of his agents about keeping their feelings about us to themselves; I know this supervisor personally and I'm sure he knows what he's talking about (he’s a former pilot who took an early retirement).
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08-28-2008 | 08:14 PM
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oh, wait, they already put someone there. of course, that person has to be smart enough to work a PC....
08-30-2008 | 06:57 AM
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I asked a TSA supervisor in my home town and he mentioned a memo he received about the 'trial' being extended to a few more airports in the Spring of '09... It sounds like it might take a while.
He said many local branches are fighting this idea because they say it'll cost them extra money and resources (extra TSA person to deal with pilots only). He thinks it's probably more about the basic distrust and dislike between many TSA agents and the pilots which he claims is very real, he said he’s had to ‘counsel’ many of his agents about keeping their feelings about us to themselves; I know this supervisor personally and I'm sure he knows what he's talking about (he’s a former pilot who took an early retirement).
He said many local branches are fighting this idea because they say it'll cost them extra money and resources (extra TSA person to deal with pilots only). He thinks it's probably more about the basic distrust and dislike between many TSA agents and the pilots which he claims is very real, he said he’s had to ‘counsel’ many of his agents about keeping their feelings about us to themselves; I know this supervisor personally and I'm sure he knows what he's talking about (he’s a former pilot who took an early retirement).
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