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At 12:26 PM 9/4/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> > [Love UAL's reaction - you could be arrested for
> > this!]
>
>
>Not that I'm complaining, but I've recently been
>taking flying lessons at the Airport here in Buffalo
>(then they raised the prices, so I'm going to a
>smaller field now, but that's another story)
>
>This is a Class C airspace here at our Airport where
>international flights are coming and going all the
>time. The place I go for lessons is behind the main
>terminal, so I don't have to go through the regular
>security checks to get to the gates.
>
>Here's what I had to do as far as security and
>background checks before I was able to begin lessons.
>NOTHING! I didn't have to show ID, give my Social
>Security number or ANYTHING! There are no security
>checks for when you leave the building to go to the
>plane and I can go outside and do a pre-flight check
>on the plane WITHOUT the instructor even going outside
>with me.
>
>Compare this to my friend, who was installing fiber
>optics on the taxiways in the airport. He had to wait
>2 weeks before he could even go out there because they
>had to do a full background check on him and the other workers.
>
>=====
>Kevin Dean
>Buffalo, NY
>ICQ: 8616001
>AIM: KDean75206
>Buffalo Activist Network
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