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Friday, July 11, 2008 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Propped up by a culture of fear, TSA has become a bureaucracy with too much power and little accountability. Where will the lunacy stop?
By Patrick Smith

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  • Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:25 PM

    If not on the list...

    I'm so relieved that the pilot (that can even carry a gun if they jump through the hoops) can't have a butter knife, but the food service guy can load boxes of stuff and himself all uninspected onto the plane. Don't even start me on the cargo...

    I'm decidedly non-threatening (I try to be edgier to no avail)so I can bring all sorts of things through that should get me stopped.

    My sharp brass dividers, some antique irons that would be better in any fight than brass knuckles, my leatherman that I always forget I have and they always seem to miss....

    It is all for show and it seems to be getting to be more of a hassle.

    —AnnieW Read AnnieW's other letters

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