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nprm for private aviation
for your consideration: DHS Launches Initiatives to Strengthen Private Aircraft Security http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1189519401970.shtm http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/e...PRM_091107.pdf http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/e...AQs_091007.pdf --j_a, non-pilot, but finds the discussions interesting. |
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wrote in message oups.com... for your consideration: DHS Launches Initiatives to Strengthen Private Aircraft Security http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1189519401970.shtm http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/e...PRM_091107.pdf http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/e...AQs_091007.pdf --j_a, non-pilot, but finds the discussions interesting. Strangely, I doubt terrorists with bioweapons or dirty bombs will include those items on their manifests. Is this as more "We've gotta do sumpthin', just to say we are addressing the issue." ? |
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:19:15 -0400, "Kyle Boatright"
wrote in : Is this as more "We've gotta do sumpthin', just to say we are addressing the issue." ? Unfortunately, DHS has failed to address the issues of examining goods entering our nation's sea ports nor the cargo carried in passenger carrying airliners, which would be considerably more useful. But they did manage to spend $462,000 on an awards ceremony: http://www.motherjones.com/news/outf...lark_kent.html At Homeland Security, Ervin’s team of 459 auditors and investigators uncovered not just security lapses, but extensive waste. By the time Ervin arrived, the Department of Transportation had already uncovered one massive cost overrun: A $100 million contract granted to hire new airline screeners had ballooned to more than $600 million. Ervin’s subsequent reports revealed that Boeing Company had received at least $49 million in extra profits for a contract to do nothing more than oversee other contracts. And executives at the cash-strapped TSA awarded themselves $1.5 million in year-end bonuses in 2003, and then spent another $462,000 on an awards ceremony for departmental brass, including nearly $2,000 for seven sheet cakes and $1,500 for three cheese displays. |
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Kyle Boatright wrote:
Strangely, I doubt terrorists with bioweapons or dirty bombs will include those items on their manifests. Is this as more "We've gotta do sumpthin', just to say we are addressing the issue." ? I think the point is that the DHS gets time to vet the people coming in so it doesn't have to be done on site by the customs people. It is really little different than what the airlines have to do and they block folks from flying all the time. If this actually stops a terrorist attack it is hard if not impossible to ever tell. |
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