Hey Roy!

-=> Roy J. Tellason wrote to Maurice Kinal <=-

 MK> That is a change in attitude then.  But is that because of 9/11 or
 MK> "enhanced" security?

 RJT> Mostly the latter,  I think.

That seems to be the consensus.  Shortly after 9/11 it seemed everyone
was in favour of increased security measures and claimed it made them
feel more comfortable.  I haven't heard anyone saying this lately.

 MK> Or more but that's definetly a major complaint.  There was talk
 MK> about some preapproved card, or something like that, whereby
 MK> presentation would permit bypassing all the hassel.  I don't know
 MK> what happened with that.

 RJT> I remember that.  Like lots of other ideas,  it's subject to abuse,
 RJT> and to corruption.  And maybe it wasn't seriously a proposal,  but more
 RJT> of a trial balloon,  like so much other stuff.

 RJT> It'd be no surprise to me at all to find that both business travelers
 RJT> and tourists are actively using alternatives and that _this_ is why the
 RJT> airlines are in trouble.

I heard an item the other day on the news where Air Canada claimed the
power outage cost them more then a few bucks.  Always seems to be
something.

 MK> Probably.

 RJT> The free market at work,  yeah.

It just keeps on truckin'.  :-)

- Maurice 
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