From: varro	Date: September 6th, 2002 08:10 pm (UTC)		(Link)

Didn't Argenbright have the contract at Logan last year, about early to mid-September?

O'Hare wasn't that bad when I flew out of there in early June after visiting the U of C....instead of some peach-fuzzed National Guard kid with an (unloaded) M-16, the gate was watched by an observant 50-something Chicago Police sergeant. That's what cops are paid for, to be observant and react if something looks fishy...

Airport security's philosophy is to inconvenience particular people to give the impression of good security, when the people being given extensive searches are likely people using Hotwire/Priceline because of 1.) funerals or 2.) impulsive vacations. 4 out of 5 people who were given the pat-down and bag search at the gate when Brendan went to his grandmother's funerals were also attending funerals.

When I went back to Pittsburgh for *my* grandmother's funeral, among the people searched were a 70-something granny and a Northwest pilot in uniform. And even though they searched me and my carry-on, they didn't ask one question about my trip.