Posted on 06/26/2003 6:40:11 AM PDT by bedolido
Edited on 06/26/2003 6:42:34 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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RICH! I tell you !! RICH!!!!
ENHANCED AIRPORT SCREENING TO INCLUDE MAMMOGRAM
Early Detection Key to Cutting Down Terrorism, Women's Health RisksSan Francisco (SatireWire.com) Arguing there is more than one way for a passenger to bring a "ticking time bomb" aboard an aircraft, the FAA today unveiled a new, more rigorous airport screening system that includes a mammogram.
"Patienger" at O'Hare International
Although the new system has caused massive delays at airports where it has been tested, female passengers overwhelmingly approved of the added precautions.
"Sure, I worry that someone will bring a knife or a bomb on board, but what if I have a bomb slowly ticking away inside of me?" said 53-year-old Pamela Sardozian as she slowly disappeared with her luggage into an x-ray machine at San Francisco International Airport.
"I feel much more confident knowing our government will be securing America's skies and scanning America's breasts," she added.
"When it comes to passenger safety, you can treat the luggage, or you can treat the whole passenger," explained FAA Security Director Alicia Axill. "Certainly, we are addressing complaints that weapons are still making it past security, but frankly, terrorists are not the number one killer of women between the ages of 35 and 54."
In light of the new procedures, the American Medical Association now recommends that all females aged 35 and over fly at least once a year.
The FAA's Axill conceded the new system will be costly, as current x-ray machines for carry-on bags will either be replaced or retrofitted to accommodate small suitcases, laptop computers, and women weighing up to 250 pounds. In addition, low-wage security personnel, blamed for many of the recent reports of laxity, will be replaced by highly paid, board certified radiologists and fully licensed technologists.
To offset an expected $100-per-ticket fee for the procedures, the FAA also announced that it has come to an agreement with health insurers to have plane tickets covered as a medical expense. "The HMOs have promised to treat these claims just like any other medical claim," said Axill. "They're not going to pay."
San Francisco International
At San Francisco International, passengers waited in line for hours as Dr. Susan Lazerini and two of her colleagues busily scanned both luggage and female "patiengers" passing through x-ray machines.
"What I'm looking for here is anything suspicious, such as nipple retraction or spiculations or microcalcifications within the breast tissue or... hold on, let me finish dictating this case," said Dr. Lazerini, as she turned to speak into a small dictation machine. "I find moderately dense parenchyma with no focal mass or developing density. Impression: no suspicion for malignancy at this time, but she has a gun."
While passengers with suspicious findings in their luggage are subject to arrest and imprisonment, those with a suspicious finding on their mammograms are asked to book a follow-up flight within six weeks.
Shortly after the new system was announced, it came under fire from male frequent fliers who argued they should not have to wait in the same line as the women, and were upset that complimentary magazines in checkpoint waiting areas did not include Sports Illustrated.
Axill, however, was able to squelch the discontent by threatening to add prostate exams to the new procedures.
Source: SatireWire
She is single and is graphic artist in Central Florida. Loves it there.
You showing your private parts won't help prevent terrorism, but it was awfully kind of you to offer!
I fly a lot, and I don't want my body viewed in such a fashion.
HMOs not going to pay... now that is UNIQUE!! :^ )
That machine would defeat my efforts to KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL!!
;^ )
Airlines are heavily susudised and controlled by the Fed Gov.; they are not private industry
Want to be a partner? Got 5 grand to get "in on it"?
We can be RICH, I tell you ... RICH!!
I am not a Sinead O'Conner fan and this woman reminds me of her.....
What is this post about? I have forgottne, but if I could work as an airport security guy and look at this stuff all day, I would be after Mrs. irish guard every night when I got home, there is something pornographic about the xray vision thing!
You mean these stocks have no value? SouthWest (LUV), Northwest Airlines (NWB), Frontier (FRNT), Contineantal Airlines (CAL), Hawaiian Airlines (HA), Delta (DAL) and a host of others?
Air traffic and the aircraft industry is controlled by the Fed's, but the industry itself is run by privately held companies, operating within the confines of the Fed's.
Where's Ann Coulter when you need her?
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