Kathianne
12-23-2010, 09:29 PM
Same people getting off on checking for holes in socks and underwear. They've moved up to porno scans, while harassing nursing moms. Now one of the flight crew has posted their inanity, what happens? The enforcers...
http://www.news10.net/news/article.aspx?storyid=113529&provider=top&catid=188
Sacramento-area pilot
punished for YouTube
video
George Warren Last updated 12 hrs ago
Posted: 12/22/2010
SACRAMENTO, CA - An airline pilot is being
disciplined by the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) for posting video on YouTube
pointing out what he believes are serious flaws in
airport security.
Update: Whistleblowing pilot explains why he did it
The 50-year-old pilot, who lives outside
Sacramento, asked that neither he nor his airline be
identified. He has worked for the airline for more
than a decade and was deputized by the TSA to carry
a gun in the cockpit.
He is also a helicopter test pilot in the Army Reserve
and flew missions for the United Nations in
Macedonia.
Three days after he posted a series of six video
clips recorded with a cell phone camera at San
Francisco International Airport, four federal air
marshals and two sheriff's deputies arrived at his
house to confiscate his federally-issued firearm.
The pilot recorded that event as well and provided
all the video to News10.
...
"As you can see, airport security is kind of a farce.
It's only smoke and mirrors so you people believe
there is actually something going on here," the pilot
narrates.
Video shot in the cockpit shows a medieval-looking
rescue ax available on the flight deck after the pilots
have gone through the metal detectors. "I would say
a two-foot crash ax looks a lot more formidable
than a box cutter," the pilot remarked.
A letter from the TSA dated Dec. 6 informed the pilot
that "an administrative review into your deputation
status as a Federal Flight Deck Officer has been
initiated."
According to the letter, the review was directly
related to the discovery by TSA staff of the YouTube
videos. "The content and subject of these videos
may have violated regulations concerning
disclosure of sensitive security information," the
letter said...
http://www.news10.net/news/article.aspx?storyid=113529&provider=top&catid=188
Sacramento-area pilot
punished for YouTube
video
George Warren Last updated 12 hrs ago
Posted: 12/22/2010
SACRAMENTO, CA - An airline pilot is being
disciplined by the Transportation Security
Administration (TSA) for posting video on YouTube
pointing out what he believes are serious flaws in
airport security.
Update: Whistleblowing pilot explains why he did it
The 50-year-old pilot, who lives outside
Sacramento, asked that neither he nor his airline be
identified. He has worked for the airline for more
than a decade and was deputized by the TSA to carry
a gun in the cockpit.
He is also a helicopter test pilot in the Army Reserve
and flew missions for the United Nations in
Macedonia.
Three days after he posted a series of six video
clips recorded with a cell phone camera at San
Francisco International Airport, four federal air
marshals and two sheriff's deputies arrived at his
house to confiscate his federally-issued firearm.
The pilot recorded that event as well and provided
all the video to News10.
...
"As you can see, airport security is kind of a farce.
It's only smoke and mirrors so you people believe
there is actually something going on here," the pilot
narrates.
Video shot in the cockpit shows a medieval-looking
rescue ax available on the flight deck after the pilots
have gone through the metal detectors. "I would say
a two-foot crash ax looks a lot more formidable
than a box cutter," the pilot remarked.
A letter from the TSA dated Dec. 6 informed the pilot
that "an administrative review into your deputation
status as a Federal Flight Deck Officer has been
initiated."
According to the letter, the review was directly
related to the discovery by TSA staff of the YouTube
videos. "The content and subject of these videos
may have violated regulations concerning
disclosure of sensitive security information," the
letter said...