Amen, sister.
Wednesday morning, I took my parents to the airport. I watched them go through security so I could wave goodbye.
My dad will be 81 next week, has hearing aids in both ears, braces on both ankles and walks with a cane. I watched with growing anger as security made him walk through the scanner without his cane and then made him stand with his arms out as they wanded him and patted him down for three minutes.
He has trouble with his balance since the nerves in his feet have deteriorated and he cannot stand upright unassisted. He has had a knee replacement which sets off the scanner, but I am not sure how much of a threat my elderly dad would constitute on a plane. The most damage he could cause is if he lost his balance and fell on a flight attendant.
It is time that common sense was brought into our security measures. No one is safer on a plane because some seniors have been thoroughly searched and made to stumble through the scanner without their canes.
The time and effort it took the security person to search my dad could have been used to better effect elsewhere.
Hilary Argento, Calgary
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My dad will be 81 next week, has hearing aids in both ears, braces on both ankles and walks with a cane. I watched with growing anger as security made him walk through the scanner without his cane and then made him stand with his arms out as they wanded him and patted him down for three minutes.
He has trouble with his balance since the nerves in his feet have deteriorated and he cannot stand upright unassisted. He has had a knee replacement which sets off the scanner, but I am not sure how much of a threat my elderly dad would constitute on a plane. The most damage he could cause is if he lost his balance and fell on a flight attendant.
It is time that common sense was brought into our security measures. No one is safer on a plane because some seniors have been thoroughly searched and made to stumble through the scanner without their canes.
The time and effort it took the security person to search my dad could have been used to better effect elsewhere.
Hilary Argento, Calgary
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This kind of stuff is PC carried to its absurd end.
ReplyDeleteRidiculous. And this is why I REFUSE to fly any longer... if I can't get there by driving I don't really need to go.
ReplyDeleteMy sentiments exactly Gentlemen.
ReplyDeleteDitto, ditto, ditto!!!!!
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