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re: What was air travel like before 9/11?
Posted on 9/11/19 at 2:46 pm to Reservoir dawg
Posted on 9/11/19 at 2:46 pm to Reservoir dawg
The biggest question is “How was protocol the few weeks after 911.
- how in the world they hired and trained all the TSA agents in a two week period was impressive.
- the TSA agents were frightened to make the smallest mistake. Everyone was thoroughly scanned as was your luggage.
- lines could be up to 4 hours to get through security. Lots of folks missed their flights.
- everyone was tense. Worrying about missing your flight, being pulled aside for extra screening, not knowing what to remove or what items set off the metal detectors.
- racial profiling was at its worst. A Middle Eastern person sitting on the plane sent doubts through passengers minds.
- lots of high tension.
Ect.
- how in the world they hired and trained all the TSA agents in a two week period was impressive.
- the TSA agents were frightened to make the smallest mistake. Everyone was thoroughly scanned as was your luggage.
- lines could be up to 4 hours to get through security. Lots of folks missed their flights.
- everyone was tense. Worrying about missing your flight, being pulled aside for extra screening, not knowing what to remove or what items set off the metal detectors.
- racial profiling was at its worst. A Middle Eastern person sitting on the plane sent doubts through passengers minds.
- lots of high tension.
Ect.
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Posted on 9/11/19 at 3:37 pm to montana
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A Middle Eastern person sitting on the plane sent doubts through passengers minds.
Nothing has really changed.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 4:27 pm to montana
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The biggest question is “How was protocol the few weeks after 911.
I remember that my local airport had an airport cop at the entrance to the parking tower who made you open your trunk to peak in it, and then searched under your vehicle with a mirror on a stick. Did that to every vehicle as it entered. That didn't last too long.
Posted on 9/11/19 at 4:51 pm to montana
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- how in the world they hired and trained all the TSA agents in a two week period was impressive.
They nationalized an entire industry overnight. They basically went to every airport concession that provided screening, and said, you work for the feds now. They hired every single person that was working for a security concession.
Over time, of course, they weeded some out, hired new people, etc.
I flew about a month after 9/11. The security people were still in their old uniforms, with basically paper nametags identifying them as federal agents.
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