Sat, Jan 03, 2009
Aero-News: Quote of the Day
ANN's Quote of the Day usually
derives from current news, though we reserve the right to pick
quotes out of history that have a bearing on the day's events and
issues.
Sometimes, you'll find them timely and in keeping with the
content of the day's news... and sometimes, they'll just be
thought-provoking.
Reader suggestions and comments are welcome... and if
particularly intriguing, timely, or poignant, may themselves
become future Quotes of the Day.
Let us hear from you, folks!
Aero-News Quote of the Day
"Recently; after dealing with yet another inane bit of
additional screening (and the atrocious manner in which they
handled some VERY expensive media gear… even dropping stuff)
and being lied to by the TSA persons in charge at the time (who
tried to tell me that he had nothing to do with increased
screening, that only the airlines could do that), over the course
of a solid 20 minutes at a dinky little commuter airline
checkpoint, I had had enough. I looked this so-called Supervisor in
the eye and told him that I was in the process of buying a
high-performance General Aviation airplane, to the tune of nearly a
half-million dollars, in part to avoid the harassment, delays,
damage and lack of professionalism that I encountered in all my
dealings with TSA -- and then told him in no uncertain
terms… 'A half million is a lot of money… but after
dealing with the amateurism and lack of professionalism I've seen
from TSA over the years, I'm beginning to wonder if I
paid enough.'"
Source: From ANN Editor-In-Chief Jim Campbell's
year-end piece identifying the TSA as one of the aviaion industry's
"Heartbreakers" for 2008... and one small personal/humorous
aspect of his conclusions.
FMI: www.aero-news.net
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