Way to go! I am glad this pilot has the courage to stand up. I wish ALPA and the AFA had the stones to make this a bigger issue. Their membership is forced to undergo physical assault every day just to get a paycheck. And when they get to work, they actaully are the ones in total control of the aircraft. Silly.

Why is it after the shoe bomber we all have to take our shoes off, yet after the underwear bomber we are all allowed to get on the plane fully clothed?

The terrorists are running our government. Seriously, is anything more dangerous to America than the government/media/banking complex?

Spot on Michael! I flew for many years as a flight attendant, after 911, the TSA “used” the flight crews to convince the traveling public how great a job they were doing…. squeezing out toothpaste and expensive lotions, every trip! Taking away our tweezers… snooping into our underwear, all in open display of the “passengers’ watching… that did NOT have to go through this ‘search’… After 30 years, it was too much, it added to the post 911 post traumatic stress and I know many of us up and quit from the abuse, now, years later, it has only gotten worse!
TSA is a total joke… in many cities, they are MUSLIMS, the women wearing the head cover and all…. real secure, real smart (not!)

The American people are like sheep being led to slaughter. Only difference here is that we are being deprived of our liberties.

A LEO can bypass security packing heat and with a belt full of goodies designed to inflict human harm. And the Officers assigned to Airport duty are usually the ones who have had problems on the beat. Not trusting your pilot is BS!

I am a retired airline pilot and I can feel this pilots pain. I easily went through six or seven airports on a daily basis and the treatment we as air crews got from the TSA was abusive and illogical. As stated above if a pilot flying the plane wants to crash it there is nothing the TSA can do about it.

If the terrorists infringe on our freedoms with this type of behavior from TSA then they won. “Those that want safety over freedom, deserve neither”

PS: Since its my understanding Airline Pilots can be armed with a deadly weapon, and that if it was their intention to destroy an aircraft all they would have to do is push the stick forward. What purpose does it serve to subject a pilot to such an examination? Only in the USA.
I believe Winston Churchill said, “you can count on the Americans to do whats right only after they have tried every other way first.”

Leave the pilots alone- they don’t need a weapon to kill everyone on board their flights. Fully fueled plane at take off speed works better than just about anything else. Stop hasseling them.

Watch out for the TSA worker with family in another country that could easily look the other way or lose their family or may want to help the cause.

What good will a body search do when it would take nothing to make a weapon that looks just like the extender handles on all of the carry on bags with wheels. Look around at an airport next time- almost all of them are made of aluminum or some other metal.

Totally Correct!!!

Plenty of overtime for the airport workers. Are they a union?

I hope these workers are aware of the mega doses of radiation they are receiving on a daily basis. Dental workers must hide behind a wall and patients get a lead apron when they are xrayed. These scanners have alot more radiation than the dentists office! Nice knowing ya.

David Chertoff, former director of Homeland Security, owns the company that makes these scanners. Hmmm. They are scheduled to be in all airports and even on the streets of cities. I wonder if he’s making a few bucks?

Congratulations to the Pilot. Its about time someone stood up for our rights.
How many pilots, veterans, senior citizens, have ever tried to destroy an aircraft. NONE. Its time for some common sense but you’re not likely to find
any of that in Washington, D. C.

Most of the TSA agents in Atlanta probably have trouble finding their way home. When you see the dread-locs, 4-inch fingernails and body piercings/tatoos, you really wonder who should be checking who.

Good for the pilot! Those idiots that work for TSA are trash that were picked up off the streets. At least thats how they are at PIttsburgh.
I refuse to step foot into a full body scanner- what are the long term affects? What if I am pregnant?
I would be a thousand dollars that they would not treat a muslim the same way they treated this pilot.
Im so tired of this kind of treatment!

Think about it – - – a pilot is in complete control of his aircraft . . . meaning if he wanted to cut the engines off, flip the aircraft over & put it into a dive, and/or throw the engines in reverse in mid-air the TSA/U.S. government has given him the green light since he past the TSA full-body scan or the “feeling-up” by the TSA prior to entering the aircraft.

I wish the underwear bomber would have been PROFILED. Then none of this would be happening. This TSA nonsense is ALL the result of Political Correctness run amok!

LOLOL………..

We are allowing our liberties to be taken one small piece after another small piece. We need to take a stand now. What is needed is a boycott. Don’t fly, just like this pilot did. The only thing that works is to hit them in the pocket. The only way to take our rights back is to take a stand.

He’s not losing much. You would be shocked at how little these commuter pilots make. They make less than a Starbucks employee. Thats why I won’t fly a commuter jet.

Three cheers for the pilot… about time for some common sense!!

Join Us, do you think a pilot actually needs to “take through” anything to a plane to destroy a plane he is flying? Get a clue!

What surprises me is that this pilot’s actions are the exception, not the norm. Why are people submitting to this outrageous violation of our most basic rights? Why isn’t everyone refusing to comply? Do you actually think this is making us safer? LOL.

I couldn’t agree more! TSA in Orlando regularly forces my 81 year old father, a native Floridian and old farmer, to take off his shoes and belt, then pats him down. They offer no assistance redressing and he can’t get his shoes on by himself…they are a bunch of Nazis!

I’m with you. I stopped taking flights when they started forcing everyone to take their shoes off. Terrorists everywhere must laugh their a$$es off knowing that because of one terror attempt, little old ladies and boy scouts and WW2 veterans, and every one of us are dehumanized just to get on a flight.