December282009
FAA Considering Passenger Ban »
I always love the stuff The Onion does about the airline industry (This one is another huge favorite) namely because I hate many (read: all) things about flying these days. (Hello United Airlines! That wild-eyed person wandering your terminal yesterday, muttering profanities to themselves and generally looking unpleasant was me! As well as EVERY OTHER PERSON FLYING UNITED!!)
All that to say. I really enjoyed this article from The Onion. An excerpt:
“Seeking to address “the number-one threat to airline security,” the Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday that it will consider banning passengers on all domestic and international commercial flights.
“In every single breach of security in recent years, whether it was an act of terrorism or some other form of crime, it was a passenger who subverted the safety systems on board the aircraft or in the terminal,” FAA administrator Marion Blakey said. “Even threats that came in the form of explosives inside baggage were eventually traced back to a ticketed individual. As great a revenue source as they have been, passengers simply represent too great a risk to the airline industry.”
