yea letting a passenger walk on board with a gun to protect themselves from "terrorists".....even better idea. This is a great site for ideas! How about we...oh I don't know think about 50,000 people or bags to the maybe 20-30 TSA agents. Sounds lopsided to me, but hey I'm not the Gov't agency getting kicked around in the media at budget time...
Political Correctness only has few positives, this is not one place where I want to be "correct" pat me and everyone on the plane down. I'm not concerned with what color, creed, religion, or age you are. Get a pat down or fly private and get over it. It's not just terrorists, anyone is allowed to fly, who knows how crazy the person is next to you and what type of weapon they are carrying? All there are, are complaints...FLY PRIVATE! Some whiny person who feels violated because they left a knife in their bag should expect something to happen..GET OVER IT! How about everyone just not be so stupid?
James, they aren't subsidizing the routes just for you. Contrary to popular belief there are many people who live far from the hubs and these flights usually save more than a "half-hour" usually 3 or 4. The 90 mile and under 10 passengers per day rule is a great start to trimming the program. If you go further than 90 miles it becomes a serious problem for many in rural areas to get out or in. Therefore a loss of economic profit would result. 10 passengers per day results in about 3,600 people per year, that is a waste, I agree. What about the people who actually use the airports? Or the cities that rely on them for income during that areas "busy" season? I think it should be taken slowly just so we know what will happen. I'm sure there is Government waste in other departments and fields. This is the USA after all and it's not just one person's money going into this program, it't the money of many. That's one of the Freedom's of the USA, maybe you receive unemployment or welfare or
