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Knives to Fly Planes On April 25


Knives are back and flight attendants aren’t happy.

The TSA ban on knives is due to be lifted on April 25. The blade can be no longer than 2.36 inches. The coalition of Flight Attendant Unions lobbied in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Norfolk, Va, Chicago, Denver, Miami, New York LaGuardia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Boston against the ban. The arguments are the same as those for and against guns. (If no one carries them, we’re safe.
If everyone could carry them, we’d be armed against terrorists
.) They are handing out leaflets urging fliers to contact Congress and to sign a petition to White House.

You can sign the online petition here:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/keep-knives-plane-block-transportation-security-administration-policy-decision-accept-pre-911/SSzf8wmd

The family of flight attendant Sara Low, who died on Sept 11, has written an open letter protesting the decision to allow knives back on commercial aircraft, and urging concern for safety and “doing no harm.”


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AOPA Places Blame on Holes in System Not Flight Schools

Update to Should Illegal Aliens Attend Flight School Owned by Illegal Alien?

The AOPA believes it is a breakdown in government communication that is why foreign students in the United States were able to receive flight training and some even earn their pilot certificate though they had entered the country illegally or had overstayed their authorized period.

Flight training providers were in compliance, but government was suffering from a lack of communication, in AOPA opinion.

Only that’s an oxymoron, isn’t it? Government Communication?

The report says “As of January 2012, inspection results show that the rate of compliance with AFSP requirements increased from 89 percent in fiscal year 2005 to 96 percent in fiscal year 2011,”

Currently the TSA has limited ability to get information from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to determine whether someone is in the country legally. This is a situation which should obviously be corrected. When this vetting process is transparent, the problem will cease to exist.

TSA Draws a Zero Tolerance Line in the Sand


A group of air marshals which included one supervisor, went to lunch at a restaurant, and eight of them drank alcohol. Some of the marshals were armed. The incident was reported by an Air Marshal who witnessed the incident. The eight who were drinking were fired. Seven of the agents will have a chance to appeal. Six were suspended for not reporting the drinking.

TSA also fired eight Newark security screeners for allegedly sleeping while on duty.

TSA said:

“TSA holds all of its employees to the highest professional and ethical standards and has zero tolerance for misconduct in the workplace,” said Nico Melendez, an agency spokesman. “TSA’s decision to remove the individuals involved in the misconduct affirms our strong commitment to the highest standards of conduct and accountability.”

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