Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"It will definitely be a benefit to passengers not having to see someone cut in line."

Source: Air Line Pilots Association chief Capt. John Prater, who supports the TSA's testing of separate security checkpoints for pilots over the next 60 days at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Pittsburgh International Airport and South Carolina's Columbia Metropolitan Airport. Pilots arriving at the checkpoints will not be screened for weapons, but will have their photo IDs checked against photos in a database, to make sure the IDs aren't being used by anyone but the rightful holders. The Association of Flight Attendants is protesting the move, saying safety demands everyone boarding an airplane be checked for weapons.

FMI: www.tsa.gov