Posted on 03/18/2005 8:57:20 PM PST by PotreroAaron
TSA Does Not Allow Military Personnel to Get Off the Plane at SFO Source: kcbs Publication date: 2005-03-17
(KCBS) - Military personnel returning from Afghanistan did not get a warm welcome when they touched down in San Francisco. KCBS reporter Margie Shafer learned that soldiers fighting the war on terror were not allowed to disembark this week, because of security concerns.
The soldiers landed on a chartered ATA aircraft, but were forced to remain on the plane for three hours, while it refueled.
"There are some security issues involved here. They have weapons," said Ed Gomez with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). "They have weapons, and we have to secure the weapons. We have to secure the airplane. We have to communicate properly."
Generally, unloaded weapons are guarded as military personnel go into the terminal to get drinks, call home or stretch.
But a KCBS source at the airport said a TSA official told the airline that if the soldiers got off the plane, the terminal would be evacuated.
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It appears you have to have been dropped on your head at some point in your life to qualify for a job with Big Stupid Government.
SF is lower than pond scum.
San Francisco continues to be the absolute worst place in America for returning soldiers -- some things never change over the years. They should never land at SF again -- never ever. To make these soldiers stay on the plane is beyond my comprehension and disgusts me to no end!
And these men are fighting and sacrificing to guarantee everyone's constitutionally-protected right to be effing STUPID.
The TSA is inhabited with Peter Principle Graduates from stem to stern. Its motto ought to be, "Duh."
Agreed...I doubt very strongly that there would have been any controversy had the plane landed in, say, Dallas or Oklahoma City...
Send the TSA idiots to Afghanistan. Drop from 25,000 feet.
They should have gotten off anyway - to call the jerks' bluff, either ending the charade or making such a huge scene that the jerks would have to explain why unarmed soldiers would require evacuating a whole airport, causing millions of $$$ in losses plus insane inconvenience.
Stop kowtowing to PC BS.
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SFO TSA wussies knew their pocketbooks were outgunned.
>>>It appears you have to have been dropped on your head at some point in your life to qualify for a job with Big Stupid Government.
I tried. Must not be dumb enough.
That's right. This is truly pathetic.
Company, Attention! Stack Arms! Problem solved. TSA Stupid Stupid Stupid.....
Oh jeez...
Our only hope at this point is either a meteor strike taking out most of the sheeple, or the Chicoms overplaying their hand and staging a "Red Dawn" scenario.
This country is really starting to suck.
BANG
This guy is speaking for himself and hiding behind TSA. Troops are allowed to deplane in plenty of Airports across the nation under the same circumstances.
What BS. You would think that a bunch of armed criminals had just arrived with hostages after hearing that TSA jerk's comment. It sounds like Mr Ed Gomez is either totally inept, or is a SF Lib who brought his politics to work and decided to screw with a bunch of military people. In either case, I'm glad that the news reported it, and I hope Mr. Gomez gets canned. Of course, with him being a federal worker, it won't happen.
this is more revealing, as if any more needs to be revealed, about San Francisco and the crazy left in this country.
I was flying out of Shannon airport in Ireland a month ago and about 300 US service people on the way from Iraq were milling around the duty free and bar area. There didn't seem to be any concern on anyones part, I'm sure all these guys on their way home had weapons with them on the plane - and this is in a country that was again the Iraq war/liberation!!!
Who the hell does San Fancisco think defends San Francisco - it ain't the Mayor's Office for Inclusiveness. Openness and Diversity - that's for dang sure.
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