""The idea of airport security personnel [in the United States] earning $1,000 a month is insanity," said Rick Charles, a pilot, an aviation-safety consultant and Georgia State professor. "The people themselves aren't bad or stupid people. It's just that you are going to get people for whom it makes sense to work eight hours a day for $6 an hour. Then, you don't train them well. Then, you turn them into [the] butt of a national joke, which demoralizes the hell out of them." "
[A U.S. government report last year found starting wages for screeners to be $6 an hour or less at 14 of the country's 19 largest airports, often a step down from what workers at fast-food restaurants at the airports earn. ] ["The busiest airport in the world, you got almost a 400 percent turnover among minimum wage workers, not trained to pick out terrorists or question them for longer than 30 seconds," said Sen. Max Cleland (D-Georgia). "So what do you think the quality is there?" ] [The irony is the major companies that provide security at U.S. airports also contract for security overseas. However, instead of contracting with the air carriers, they deal directly with the government or airport authority. ] HAHAHAHHA! Oh yeah! That's what the US needed..new laws to invade it's citizens privacy..yup! That was the most pressing issue that had to be addressed coming out of Sept 11th. *shakes head incredulously* You folks really should read that report..quite frankly it's a bit sickening in light of what happened, and in light of another report I read where a FAA official resigned after repeatedly telling the FAA to tighten security, and being told it wasn't as 'cost effective', as having another Pan AM disaster. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Um .. have a go at this ... http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/trade.center/flight.risk/stories/part3. main bar.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
