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• Friday, July 11, 2008 06:47 AM

  Reason pilots and flight attendants are searched

  Dear Patrick:

  The reason you and your crew are searched along with the passengers is to continue the spread of fear by this government. Frankly, I'm happy you are frisked and searched as well. Why? Because you have unions that you can go to and complain to and the airlines might listen to. We passengers? Especially us frequent fliers who are subjected to this constantly, what voice to we have? If we complain to the airlines, our emails and letters are sent to the Homeland security and we get tagged thereby delaying us and missing our flights. How dare we even speak out loud to these people as they search through our bags.

  Flying internationally, when I return, I'm always - that's 100% of the time - sent through the red line of customs even though I never have anything to declare. It's because I (one time really tired after a long flight and had a short connection time for my domestic flight) told the immigration officer that I filled out my form and it contained all the information she needed and she had no more right to ask me other questions - which is true they don't have the right to demand answers to private affairs. Immigration officers are the same as TSA employees. The United States is the worst place to fly into and fly out from. At a time when the dollar is lowest it's been for over 40 years, we should have tourists from everywhere flocking to see our beautiful country, but they avoid it because who wants to be treated worse than cattle?

  Keep up your tirades on the insanity of TSA check points and checking and rechecking your bags after international flights. You are our voice. Let's just hope they still treat you the like they do passengers so that we don't loose our mouthpiece.

  Pete Thelen

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