Empty your pockets please.
Turn your head and cough.
Enjoy the flight.
Can they do this? I hope so.
This is a good trend. I like it.
This is a good start. Hopefully some major centers - O’Hare, Hartsfield, Kennedy, LAX? - will follow suit. To hell with the TSA and Napolitano.
Sounds awesome. :)
Kudos, but NOT FAST ENOUGH. Nor is it a warranty that the private companies will avoid indecent grope-em-ups and debasing porno-scanners.
Empty your pockets please.
Turn your head and cough.
Enjoy the flight.
Sounds to me like Disney, Universal Studios and Seaworld pulled a few strings and called in some favors.
You don’t mess around with taking away Mickey’s tourism monies I guess.
Free enterprise and sensible ideas...in Florida!
Completely shocked that our goverment allows this. I imagine if this caught on, Big Sis will start working to stem the tide. After all, there are government contracts in play that must be protec...err, I mean people that need to be protected.
TSA is a unionized Federal employment program nothing more. If we were serious about airline security we would do what the Israelis do. Also, the airlines should be responsible for their safety and security not the Federal Government.
Let all the airports opt out of TSA and then force Obama to watch Janet Napalitano going thru body scanners 24/7.
Terrorists will act and behave like they are on a Disney vacation returning home, will board planes at TSA exempt airports.
Sanford is a favorite airport for many travelers visiting the theme parks, many from the UK say they prefer to travel there right about this time of the year.
ANY flights from the UK should use bomb sniffing dogs, its almost impossible to fool the dogs and the trained handlers.
John and Ken (LA 640am) had a guest on Wednesday. He was a recognized aviation industry security expert. He addressed the issue of private firms taking over airport security.
His take on it was that it would do little good to have a private firm take over. His reasoning was this.
1. private firms are required to use the same equipment and methods, if they wish to be approved by the FAA
2. private firms have to pay the same salaries as the TSA
This being the case, he thought privatization would be a Pyrrhic victory.
He suggested statistical profiling should be implemented. Don’t base it on race or religion. Base it on groups that stats could prove are high risk.
Further he suggested frequent fliers should be able to submit to a background check and receive ID that would let them board without hastle.
He stated that non-frequent fliers could do so also, but the cost would be prohibitive.
He said he thought the minimal check would suffice for those not in the high risk groups, and that only the high risk groups should be subjected to the most extreme searches.
He made quite a bit of sense IMO.
Hire an Israeli company. I’d feel safe with them doing the security.
This is fantastic. I think all of us should call our favorite, local airport and ask them to do this.
They better do it quickly, I’m sure BO & Big Sis will change the rules to get all airport screeners under the UNION umbrella.
Well gee, what was your first clue, Sherlock? How about the whole US government overstepping its constitutional bounds? Too bad we can't opt out of unconstitutional wealth transfer payment from the producers to the welfare parasites.
Like yourself, NRG, I wonder if the TSA will let them.
I predict they are going to get the same treatment as everyone else who elects to "opt out".
This scan stuff would not have detected the 9-11 scabs (maybe their box cutters, but that would have just been confiscated), and muslim women get a pass.
What is wrong w/ dumping political correctness? Well, we don’t want to embarrass anyone...LOL!
Not going to happen under Obama! Remember the Drilling Ban in the Gulf of Mexico. 1st a court said no, then Obama changed the wording, then the court said no again. Well we now have an approval process in order to drill in the Gulf. Want to guess how many wells have been drilled? Same thing will happen to this situation. 1st Obama will said the airport cannot drop the TSA, then a court will rule against Obama. Next Obama will revise the program and loss the next court case. Lastly Obama will put in place a program to review the private firms to determine if they are acceptable. So as I said a non-starter.
This is great news. Now how about getting them kicked out of Orlando International.