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To: Jon Koplik who wrote (123497)8/24/2002 8:18:58 AM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 152472
 
Off Topic... Jon, part of the loss of business is because picky INS/FBI/CIA/HSB/ETC stop prospective customers at the door. A guy [who happened to be Saddam's stepson] from NZ was arrested, held captive for a few days then evicted, when trying to get simulator training a couple of months ago. He mistakenly didn't get a student visa for the 3 or 4 days of training. That mistake has cost his company some business as they were due to start service and have been delayed. It also cost the flight school some business.

I expect that a lot of people are avoiding going to the USA because the hassles and risks are not worth it now. The risks being from overly zealous USA bureaucrats and security people.

Mq
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