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I just watched a very upsetting newscast that covered a lady who intentionally tried to bring box cutters onto a plane to see if she could get through. The minute they let her through she demanded her money back. I don't blame her.
I had a buddy who used to work for UPS and I remember him telling me that when he was in the truck loading it he only had a few seconds to read the address lable on the packages. He had to sift out the wrong addresses as swiftly as possible. One day he screwed up and put an improperly addressed package on the truck. He was immedietely fired. How, you may ask, did his bosses know he made the mistake so quickly? Because the package was a ringer, sent in to test him.
At all of our airports there should be at least 3 ringers a day walking onto planes with weapons to see if they can get on. If airline employees know that at least 3 people a day will be carrying weapons I'm sure they will try alot harder in order to avoid being fired. I know the airline industry has been through alot lately, but if they had of been tighter in the first place this bad incedent wouldn't have happened. I'm not blaming them, I blame Bin Laden, but we've got to be able to be 100% sure that this doesn't happen again.
I had a buddy who used to work for UPS and I remember him telling me that when he was in the truck loading it he only had a few seconds to read the address lable on the packages. He had to sift out the wrong addresses as swiftly as possible. One day he screwed up and put an improperly addressed package on the truck. He was immedietely fired. How, you may ask, did his bosses know he made the mistake so quickly? Because the package was a ringer, sent in to test him.
At all of our airports there should be at least 3 ringers a day walking onto planes with weapons to see if they can get on. If airline employees know that at least 3 people a day will be carrying weapons I'm sure they will try alot harder in order to avoid being fired. I know the airline industry has been through alot lately, but if they had of been tighter in the first place this bad incedent wouldn't have happened. I'm not blaming them, I blame Bin Laden, but we've got to be able to be 100% sure that this doesn't happen again.