Originally posted by Tifozi
Because the President of a PASSENGER company, doesn't want his CLIENTS to avoid flying.
Things have a way of backfiring on us. Be careful what you wish for. You're so certain in your beliefs that you see no problem with everyone going along. Well we might surprise you and make other travel arrangements. How well is the airline industry doing these days can you really afford to loose customers? You may think this resistance is just crazy but if enough people get fed up it could hit your industry harder than you think.
Seems like a good portion of people are against this intrusion. You want them all to subscribe to your inside view maintaining your safety so you can return to hearth & home. Well aren't you special.
I'm sorry but you ask too much. We all take on dangerous jobs. We know the risks, we try to be as safe as possible but when does it go to far? You go on about other risks to aviation. I understand but those same risks exist here on the ground. You talk about drugs well what about alcohol? It's served on the planes. What about alcoholic/druggie pilots are you tested before every flight or just annually?
My family has worked in industry for generations. We all are very aware of the risks regardless of safety standards in place. I worked 11pm-5am at a convenience store. It wasn't a high crime area, it wasn't druggies that scared me nor was it terrorists, it was drunks. They would knock over displays, they would walk out too drunk to remember they hadn't paid. If I said anything they would turn mean. Do you think these guys couldn't pound me into the ground and not even remember doing it? As long as the drunks weren't driving the cops wouldn't be in too much of a hurry to come help me. So if I could put safety measures in place that would allow my workplace to be more safe. I would close bars & liquor stores and while I'm at it maybe it's a good idea to just outlaw it altogether.
I mean it would be in the name of safety right? Look at all the people who could go home to their families instead of being killed by drunk drivers. Does it matter that the majority manage to drink safely and have a good time? You have the eyes of the world looking out for your safety what about the rest of us. I can die the same as you and for me drunks are a real risk to my safety. You could say maybe I shouldn't work at an all night convenience store. I could say the same thing about you being a pilot. What about driving should I give that up too because there are drunks on the road? You could say your industry is more deserving of such safeguards because there are more lives in your hands? Sorry I think there's more people on the roads with drunks than in the air with terrorists. Is it because you're in the air everyday and feel your odds aren't exactly in your favor so extreme measure need to be taken to ensure your safety? Well I drive for a living now I'm on the roads everyday and I can tell you my odds are probably worse than yours but how many of you would give up alcohol to make my job safer?
If you get scanners to protect you on the job then I want special measures on my job too. Where will it end? Would you be willing to give a blood sample before you start your car? How about a scanner at the door of my store that is sensitive to alcohol? Sure you only had one drink or maybe a dose of cough medicine but the cops will come you will be checked out probably embarrassed. You will surely not come back to my store.
Another thing I know how people like to mess with electronic equipment. How much dialing in can these scanner operators do? Might they be tempted to mess with the calibration to focus in better? How could that impact the safety of this equipment? Could we possibly be exposed to higher levels of radiation due to operators not knowing what they are doing or just messing around?
