I don’t want to worry you, but not everything is perfect in the world of aviation.
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After a lot of positive criticism from airline CEOs, one — Scott Kirby of United — Confess this week that business travel is stagnating.
This may involve businesses reducing the number of people they employ.
Perhaps, though, if you are thinking about a vacation This pause could be good for you. More seats for those who just want to go away and rest.
But things don’t always go so smoothly, even with the best of intentions. Therefore, I am forced to prepare you for potential collisions in the air.
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You see, the pilot at American Airlines wonder if they should delay the flights a bit. Or maybe even a lot.
No, they don’t really say that explicitly. But it seems they have a special interest and believe that the best way to deal with that is to slow things down.
The current problem is the so-called known Crew Member screening system. You may have seen it in action. If you’re a pilot or flight attendant, you’re allowed to go through security a little faster without necessarily going through the same personal surveillance that normal people have to endure.
However, it appears that an occasional airline employee may have taken advantage of this (relative) freedom in ways that are deemed illegal. You know, drug trafficking. This has led to the TSA allegedly performing more secondary checks, just to make sure there is no nefarious activity.
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Ergo, American Airlines pilots union president, Ed Sicher, said the pilots were not satisfied.
It is known, Mr offer: “It is not uncommon for a pilot to be screened ‘randomly’ six or seven times in a row. Rates of these screenings have increased to such an extent that rapid screening at KCM has been replaced by a delays are unpredictable and in some cases prolonged.”
Sicher explained that bosses want to see planes turn quickly, but if pilots are being held back during these secondary checks, this will cause delays.
The pilots’ solution, therefore, seems to be to cause more delays.
“I recommend using the standard passenger entrances for security checks at the start and connection of our sequence. For those who choose to do so, please DO NOT jump,” says Sicher. Getting ahead of passengers may also experience disturbances and delays due to the unpredictable nature of TSA checkpoints.”
At first glance attentive.
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On a second look, though, well, here are some other Sicher recommendations: “By temporarily omitting the KCM Crew Member screening checkpoints, we’re making it clear to both the TSA and management issues with the system After KCM has been remedied into the view that it is once again a predictable means of rapid security screening, I will be the first to recommend We encourage our pilots to exercise this privilege. Until then, you should consider using traditional TSA screening and waiting in line with our passengers.”
I’m afraid you’ve already gotten there — and now I’m afraid you won’t get where you want to be on time.
If the pilots stood in line with the rest of us, it would take them longer to get through security and flights could be delayed.
We live in an era where pilots of all airlines put pressure on their bosses. Delta pilots, for example, recently threaten to attack if they don’t get a new contract. Coincidentally, the airline announced Last week it reached an agreement with its pilots for an increase of over 30%.
Then, perhaps, the sword swings of American Airlines pilots would lead to a quick resolution. Perhaps customers will never have to stand with their pilots again. Maybe everything will be fine.
But it all incites a slightly dirty atmosphere that leaves customers only wondering what could possibly go wrong.
And all they really want is some peace.
