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Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Flying with digital cameras
From: hiwayman@xxxxxxx (Walt Wayman)
Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 16:14:13 +0000
I'd say the odds are about 60/40 it's an election year gimmick. Time to scare 
up and excite the base, etc.

Walt

--
"Anything more than 500 yards from 
the car just isn't photogenic." -- 
Edward Weston

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I think you are probably over gloomy about the situation, Garth. No  
> government is going to put its airlines out of business. The tail  
> doesn't wag the corporate dog.
> 
> The current mess at the airport seems more for political consumption  
> than anything else, especially when you consider that freight carried  
> in the hold of the airplane is still unchecked, at least here in the  
> US, and no real discussion of that.  What is the difference if  
> something goes off in the passenger compartment or in the hold of the  
> plane?  If airlines and shippers are being saved the cost of shipped  
> cargo inspection because it is considered an unnecessary business  
> expense, besides making people wonder whether there is any danger at  
> all, it underscores the fact that they are not going inconvenience  
> the airline business model for long.
> 
> 
> 
> Winsor
> Long Beach, California, USA
> 
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