[Sir Gawain]

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[Britton J Wingfield]

The next time Mineta boards a plane, the pilot should declare him a security risk and order him to disembark.

[Jhoffa_]

Who does this arrogant boob think he is? Who does he think he's talking to, children?

Well, Tom Ridge says the same thing..

His rationale goes like: "Well, where would it end.. I mean then people in Travel and Tourism would want to be armed"

F%&^@*& Moron.. It's not supposed to "end"

That's WHY IT'S IN THE CONSTITUTION IN THE FIRST F@#$^*@ PLACE.

[Patriot1946]

Stand up for your rights, Pilots. The people of this nation will stand behind you. And another thing, walk out on Friday morning so all the big wigs in Washington have to take a cab to their home states.

[Sabertooth]

Mineta should allow the airlines to offer two kinds of filghts, one with racial profiling and heat-packing pilots, and one without.

Then we should weigh the airplanes just before takeoff, to see which is heavier.

[Tacis]

'Norman Mineta is an arrogant boob"

Now you've done it! We've trying to keep this from two guys in Kansas, the only two people in the country who didn't know it. But, thank goodness, you didn't mention incapable, incompetent, and clueless; the two guys don't know about that yet.

Of course, he is a perfect fit for the FAA, the most inept federal agency ever. In fact, the FAA is so inept that eeven other federal agencies have noticed.

[narby]

I think its time to stop flying public transportation and go to personal airplanes.

Seriously.

I was working out the numbers the other day. If you bought a 1/8 share of a really nice brand new airplane like a Lancair Columbia 300, it'd only cost about as much as a nice SUV. It's pretty efficient. Goes around 200mph.

But the good part is how fast you can get from your doorway to where you're going, even thought the plane is less than half the speed of an airliner.

If you figure the time to drive to the big airport remote parking, ride the bus to the terminal. Wait two hours and get felt up in security. Get crammed into the plane next to some smelly dude. Fly to some airport and wait... and change planes. Go to city of destination. Then drive a long way to where you're going.

That's a real long trip!

The small airplane might have to be kept in a relatively large city (in order to share it among the other owners), but you can fly it to the small airport near where you want to go.

You would have a management company that would manage several airplanes for maybe a hundred or more owners, guaranteeing that there would always be one there for you.

And, planes are getting more simple to fly, even in bad weather, every day. The new GPS systems with color moving maps make it brain dead easy to find your way around.

Anyway, I'd buy one. And screw the airlines.

[tahiti]

"Pilots, if you're serious about your rights, it's time to take them."

Why just pilots?

Why not passengers? We have RIGHTS as well.

Somenthing about, "the right to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."

Will somebody explain to me how the FAA or for that matter, any government body can "legislate" our RIGHTS away.

[altair]

As pilots, it is YOUR duty to ensure the safety of your aircraft - and the government won't let you.

It goes well beyond that. Does anyone remember the pseudo-strike (I think it was United or American) threatened back in the mid 80's. They didn't threaten to go on strike, they instead threatened to obey every Federal law to the letter. As I recall, the airline caved in to their demands very quickly.

I trust the pilots a lot more than I trust the Feds. (Why hasn't W fired this guy already?)

[jackbill]

Mineta is the token minority.

Mineta is the token DemocRAT.

Better in DOT than most anywhere else - except maybe as Surgeon General.

[PhilDragoo]

hogtied by absurd bureaucrats

Mineta makes me physically ill. Remove him as SecTrans, give him a five-gallon bucket, and send him to Ground Zero.