Let's recap the history of the Transportation Security
Administration:
The TSA...
...was created because of the public perception that weak security
contributed materially to the 9/11 attacks. Has done much to
increase its own size and power, but nothing material to make
flying safer.
Bankruptcy court Judge Eugene Wedoff ruled in support of a
motion filed by United Airlines flight attendants, represented by
the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, to appoint an
examiner to investigate United's plan to change retiree medical
benefits for workers who retired before July 1, 2003.
America West Airlines and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) have
reached a tentative agreement for a new four-year contract for the
airline's dispatchers. The tentative agreement is subject to
ratification by TWU membership, and that process will begin around
March 26, 2004. The results of the ratification process could come
as early as April 2004. Additional terms of the agreement were not
disclosed.
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