On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 02:47:56PM -0600, DvB wrote: > I got the impression that the level of training they received had a lot > to do with it. They were polite, knew what they were doing and sort of > had that "the customer's always right" attitude (or as much of it as a > baggage ispector can have and still do the job).
I don't know the detail of the TSA's training, and I can't give detail of mine, but I would say they're definately doing thier jobs at the airports well. I occasionally have to go run out to PDX to go pick up friends, and they've always had a friendly but no-bullshit attitude and definately looking up and around a bit more than the private ones did. I was certainly impressed with the coverage, and it was nice actually seeing loading zones enforced for a change (I hadn't been to PDX for a couple years until recently). One negative, though: I miss having the traffic officers whistling traffic to stop so people can actually use the crosswalks across NE [Upper|Lower] Airport Way to [Parking|Taxis and transit] from [Ticketing|baggage claim] without getting mowed down by other airport patrons in thier cars. I'm not sure what thier rationale was for eliminating the people best positioned to spot suspicious vehicles... -- .''`. Baloo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' : proud Debian admin and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than to fix a system
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