Let's be perfectly clear: the TSA procedures we have outlined above are blatantly unacceptable as a long-term solution. Although an immediate solution cannot be guaranteed, I can promise you that your union will not rest until all U.S. airline pilots have a way to reach their workplace ... the aircraft ... without submitting ourselves to the will of a TSO behind closed doors.His recommendations are that pilots do not go through the scanners, opt for a private pat-down, and make sure to bring a witness to the private screening room, and then: "After being subjected to an enhanced pat-down procedure, pilots must evaluate their fitness for duty."
Hey, pilots! Don't forget about the mere customers who pay your salaries!
Hey, pilots! Don't forget about the mere customers who pay your salaries!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I've been wondering when someone was going to bring this up amid all the "attaboy" cheers and backslaps for those pilots who are publicly refusing to play along with the security charade. Note too that these skyjockies have shown no concern for the flight attendants, baggage handlers, etc., who are their colleagues. AFAIC, pilots, as highly visible employees of the airlines that have such god-awful customer service under even the most benign conditions and without the addition of the TSA humiliation, are people I have very little sympathy for.
Hey, Mike, what's sauce for the goose...