Flight Captain Arrested at NN Airport
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#92
[quote=crazyjaydawg;652902]So why don't you quit and be a lav service engineer! It will help pilots jr to you move up one slot up! You'll be missed for a brief moment but will be thanked later when they upgrade!
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Did they lose the plot? I thought the reason for their existence was to protect us from security risks not to harass us. They've gone from keeping the bad guys out to taking away our bottled water, smelling our breath, making sure we don't offend them and monitoring our preflight checks....What gives?
Congrats and thank you at the same time...
Wish I could make the Thank You font larger...
#95
I agree we shouldn't take a delay, but disagree that keeping them ignorant is the best approach. I've always found it better to work with a properly informed person than an ignorant one.
What we need, IMHO, is for ALPA National to work with the TSA/FAA on a clearly delineated policy about what to expect during these inspections/tag-alongs so as to avoid confusion and misinformation over the authority the TSA.
What we need, IMHO, is for ALPA National to work with the TSA/FAA on a clearly delineated policy about what to expect during these inspections/tag-alongs so as to avoid confusion and misinformation over the authority the TSA.
There's a two-fold problem here. Pilots are paranoid of TSA and TSA screeners are paranoid of pilots. We get nowhere by being paranoid of each other. Maybe the TSA screener is talking to you to smell your breath. Or maybe the screener is actually just being nice. I find if you smile and say "Hi. How're you doing today," you get snarled at less often. Usually if you treat someone civilly, they'll do the same back. And if they don't at least you know you're the better person for being nice/polite/civil/personable/professional. Confrontation very rarely enables progress. I understand it might be necessary sometimes, depending on the individual, but it's not the best path all the time.
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