Shame deregulation killed the golden age of flight
Feb 5, 1972 – Airlines in the United States begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage for weapons & explosives. #aviation @FAANews @FAASafetyBrief @TIME
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Deregulation was necessary. How would you like to change planes and even airlines just get to your destination? Can you imagine flying on Eastern from Omaha to St. Louis and then having to run across the terminal to catch a flight from Southern Airlines from St. Louis to Memphis.
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In response to the many hijackings.
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One more major area of neglect, after all the airlines CEOs experienced 220 takeovers, was their overpaid leaders still did not harden their crucial pilot's cockpits. Exclamation mark omitted. A must Tweet General Yeager and MeteorGuy! Hollywood's hijacking movies went unseen?
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I was hoping for some kickbutt story of you "way back when" on this day, my birthday! Thanks for your service General. America loves you. Keep telling the historic stories of your great aviation career and of other men and women who served this great country. God Speed.
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And air safety from hostel actors declined ever since. Now TSA Thugs Standing Around are just for show. That and the occasional criminal act against individual liberty of citizens
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