Comments on: Cheatin’ airlines fudge departure times, says government http://www.elliott.org/blog/cheatin-airlines-fudge-departure-times/ The travel troubleshooter. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:53:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sin Sava http://www.elliott.org/blog/cheatin-airlines-fudge-departure-times/comment-page-1/#comment-6752 Sin Sava Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:09:20 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/cheatin-airlines-fudge-departure-times/#comment-6752 FAA and TSA. DOT and DHS. 3 miles and metro stops away from each other. Sorry !These officials would never ride the Metro when they can order a limo .The cheapest solution is to tell the government to change their foreign policy and there wont be a need for TSA & DHS but I guess TSA is owned by some republicans To undo the mistakes and added cost to the customers It would require to change the government Which is happening in Australia and even the new government has thrown out the Homeland security issue because they realize you do not need an additional body if your Police is good enough and there is trust between each dept . FAA and TSA. DOT and DHS. 3 miles and metro stops away from each other. Sorry !These officials would never ride the Metro when they can order a limo .The cheapest solution is to tell the government to change their foreign policy and there wont be a need for TSA & DHS but I guess TSA is owned by some republicans To undo the mistakes and added cost to the customers It would require to change the government Which is happening in Australia and even the new government has thrown out the Homeland security issue because they realize you do not need an additional body if your Police is good enough and there is trust between each dept .

]]> By: Jasper http://www.elliott.org/blog/cheatin-airlines-fudge-departure-times/comment-page-1/#comment-6750 Jasper Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:09:38 +0000 http://www.elliott.org/blog/cheatin-airlines-fudge-departure-times/#comment-6750 To me it sounds like the gov't is saying: "You may plan all your flights in the morning, but don't blame the TSA for not being able to manage the secutiry lines." I.e. it is shifting the blame for the long security lines from the (failing) TSA to the airlines. It seems to me that the TSA can check the flight schedule and adjust their staffing appropriately. It also seems to me that the FAA could just limit the number of take-offs in a certain time period, if the gov't feels to many planes are taking off. But oh no! That would require to parts of the gov't to work together. FAA and TSA. DOT and DHS. 3 miles and metro stops away from each other. Sorry, I realize I am asking too much return for my tax dollars. What has the TSA cost so far? 4 billion? Isn't that $1333 per American? I figure a couple of $1.35 metro tickets should be found in there. Also, it seems that the gov't is telling airlines to make passengers who are late at the check in counter jump in line, so they reach their flight in time. Great, so I get up early to stand in line for my early flight while people who slept in get to jump in line. "Gov't policy". Thanks, but not really. BTW: Do the control towers monitored by the FAA not monitor when a plane pushes off? Can't they just provide those numbers? And add the time that passed between push- and take-off? Oh sorry. I forgot. That would be ridiculous. The gov't monitoring something itself, what can be out-sourced. To me it sounds like the gov’t is saying: “You may plan all your flights in the morning, but don’t blame the TSA for not being able to manage the secutiry lines.” I.e. it is shifting the blame for the long security lines from the (failing) TSA to the airlines. It seems to me that the TSA can check the flight schedule and adjust their staffing appropriately. It also seems to me that the FAA could just limit the number of take-offs in a certain time period, if the gov’t feels to many planes are taking off.

But oh no! That would require to parts of the gov’t to work together. FAA and TSA. DOT and DHS. 3 miles and metro stops away from each other. Sorry, I realize I am asking too much return for my tax dollars. What has the TSA cost so far? 4 billion? Isn’t that $1333 per American? I figure a couple of $1.35 metro tickets should be found in there.

Also, it seems that the gov’t is telling airlines to make passengers who are late at the check in counter jump in line, so they reach their flight in time. Great, so I get up early to stand in line for my early flight while people who slept in get to jump in line. “Gov’t policy”. Thanks, but not really.

BTW: Do the control towers monitored by the FAA not monitor when a plane pushes off? Can’t they just provide those numbers? And add the time that passed between push- and take-off? Oh sorry. I forgot. That would be ridiculous. The gov’t monitoring something itself, what can be out-sourced.

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