Reason #3412 not to fly.
Real deep.
DIA has another TSA fiasco going on today. Just caught part of it in on the morning news and can't comment with a lot of authority, but it seems that they (TSA) laid off a lot of security checkers there and the security lines are an hour (at least) long. People ariving for 10 AM flights at 8 AM are missing them. Talk is of hiring some part timers to fill in the gap (makes me feel real secure to hear this).
Personally, (and I admit my views are entirely unique to me, not one else will feel this way) I'd rather fly with an armed pilot than with a bunch of passengers checked out by part timer security people.
The last airline safety conference I had to attend, I went to via Amtrack, though I could have ridden free on my own airline employer's planes or jumpseated with another carrier.
They were real happy about reimbursing me for the ticket, lemme tellya. But like I told my station manager, hey, if neither the government nor the airline trusts the pilots, why should I?
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