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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (194515)	10/22/2001 8:03:40 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 769670

Actually, I am torn over the issue of federalizing airport security personnel. On the one hand, it makes sense in order to ensure a standardized system of training and quality of personnel. Which would in theory improve security and safety. Conversely, I hate the idea of creating another federal bureaucracy, especially if it's not needed, and support 30-50 thousand additional people via federal taxes. Seems to me a balance between the two approaches would work. However, I'm not familiar enough with how airports operate to comment on it. Perhaps we could take on this issue as a thread and examine what approach might work best. Here's a couple of questions which come to mind off the top of my head. How are security personnel paid currently? Do they work for the individual airlines, or the airport? If they work for the airport, do larger airlines shoulder a larger percentage of the responsibilities for training and paying the workers. Who trains them? Are all airports the same, or do some work for the state or city in which the airport resides? Who buys the security equipment? And how is it upgraded? Does the federal government have requirements on the amount of people involved, and the processes involved in inspecting baggages? Who does the hiring now? Is their a uniformed process across the country? Is their a uniformed process regarding background checks?