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Airline Worker Helps Get Gun On Board Plane
Category: Airline Security
Frieda guesses it's not only the passengers who warrant more and more scrutiny. Frieda wonders what on earth goes through a person's mind . . .perhaps that's the answer right there. . .either there is no mental activity or there is no substantial arena in which the mental activity can perform.
Case in point: The FBI has charged an employee of US Airways with switching black carry-on bags with a passenger, his roommate, so the he could board a flight to Phoenix with a 9 mm weapon. The roommate was moving to Phoenix and wanted to take his gun with him, so his roommate, the airline employee, agreed to carry the bag through an employee entrance so it would not be screened by security. WHAT? After 9/11 and knowing how crafty, patient, and knowledgeable the terrorist were, we still don't screen employees? Unbelievable.
Perhaps this passenger was really wanting to just transport the weapon to his new home and meant no harm to the airline or its passengers - we won't ever know for sure, will we? But, what if . . . .?
Had it not been for an alert passenger who saw the switch and noticed the employee seemed "fidgety", this gun onboard the aircraft would have gone undetected.
Both men are in federal custody.
The Transportation Security Administration declined comment because of the FBI investigation. If it weren't for the investigation, what could they possibly say to cover this huge oversight in their screening/scanning process?