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SkyWolfe wrote:As a small, normal looking, white, 5'5 120 lbs female, why is it I ALWAYS have a random search on domestic flights? The scary guy in front of me that kept shaking nervously walked through, and I got a full "random" search... Can't we "randomly" search someone that actually looks like they have potential to blow shit up?

PS Canpilot (an average white male that looks completely normal) also suffers from extensive searches by CATSA....

Sorry, as normal everyday Canadians... why are we being searched like we have some bizarre need to blow up our own country...

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Normal to you, may not be normal to someone else. Remember, in the bigger cities, most are non "white". Let's take YYZ. I'd have to say that 90% are east indian, 10% pakistani. So, to them, you don't look "normal" lol

You always get a search maybe because you set off the alarm? Maybe you're walking through without any carry on bags or purse, hence you get the full white glove treatment.

Anyways, walking through while dead-heading, I'd be in my uniform, with my red pass, and boarding pass, yet I always get the full white glove treatment.

That's how they are. I have no respect for that company, it's a waste of money. It's just a show, a gong show.
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ROFLOL

I figured it was my bomb making laptop I take everywhere with me :roll:
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stop talking shit about catsa ppl at least they are doing their job to serve everyone lifes. they are not like you that sit infront of the computer talking bull shit and useless. also u should go find a job at mcdonald because they paid minimum wage cheaper then those officers. they make twice then that and they have important job to do then you sit infront of your computer gossip about them. you think pocket knife can't do shit on airplane? 9/11 it only took a box cutter to bring the plan down, you tell me about your stupid pocket knife? if you think your pocket knife can't do shit then u should try to refuse those officers to take away from you. i swear to god in that moment u will take greyhound bus then flying on the airplane. You useless...get a life
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stop talking shit about catsa ppl at least they are doing their job to serve everyone lifes. they are not like you that sit infront of the computer talking bull shit and useless. also u should go find a job at mcdonald because they paid minimum wage cheaper then those officers. they make twice then that and they have important job to do then you sit infront of your computer gossip about them. you think pocket knife can't do shit on airplane? 9/11 it only took a box cutter to bring the plan down, you tell me about your stupid pocket knife? if you think your pocket knife can't do shit then u should try to refuse those officers to take away from you. i swear to god in that moment u will take greyhound bus then flying on the airplane. You useless...get a life
Touch a nerve?

Not hating here, but I switched to pacific coastal to avoid the annoyance of being screened at yvr. Gotta love that south terminal, I laughed when I looked at the 'departure' gate only to see the 'unscreened' sign hanging above.... to think my ceremonial nubian dagger was tucked nicely away in my checked baggage.. not like it would have mattered I doubt an 1800 would do much damage to a building anyways.

Those customs guys though.. what a bunch of boneheads. Coming back from fumiacino (what a crappy place) I checked 'yes' under the 'weapons' part of the declaration describing my 'weapon' as a 10" curved blade. They asked my girlfriend about her $400 misc. souveniers (which was well under the exemption) and searched her, while I was waved through.. what a joke.. got to love Canada.
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[quote][/stop talking shit about catsa ppl at least they are doing their job to serve everyone lifes. they are not like you that sit infront of the computer talking bull shit and useless. also u should go find a job at mcdonald because they paid minimum wage cheaper then those officers. they make twice then that and they have important job to do then you sit infront of your computer gossip about them. you think pocket knife can't do shit on airplane? 9/11 it only took a box cutter to bring the plan down, you tell me about your stupid pocket knife? if you think your pocket knife can't do shit then u should try to refuse those officers to take away from you. i swear to god in that moment u will take greyhound bus then flying on the airplane. You useless...get a lifequote]

Two things you need are a good spellchecker and a remedial grade 5 english class. That was truly painfull to read.
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shut the fukc pu aobut spleling you no waht the fukc hses syanig
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fcuk_haters wrote:stop talking shit about catsa ppl at least they are doing their job to serve everyone lifes. they are not like you that sit infront of the computer talking bull shit and useless. also u should go find a job at mcdonald because they paid minimum wage cheaper then those officers. they make twice then that and they have important job to do then you sit infront of your computer gossip about them. you think pocket knife can't do shit on airplane? 9/11 it only took a box cutter to bring the plan down, you tell me about your stupid pocket knife? if you think your pocket knife can't do shit then u should try to refuse those officers to take away from you. i swear to god in that moment u will take greyhound bus then flying on the airplane. You useless...get a life

here just drink this coolaid and repeat after me catsa is a good thing, thinking for yourself is bad
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fcuk_haters wrote:stop talking shit about catsa ppl at least they are doing their job to serve everyone lifes. they are not like you that sit infront of the computer talking bull shit and useless. also u should go find a job at mcdonald because they paid minimum wage cheaper then those officers. they make twice then that and they have important job to do then you sit infront of your computer gossip about them. you think pocket knife can't do shit on airplane? 9/11 it only took a box cutter to bring the plan down, you tell me about your stupid pocket knife? if you think your pocket knife can't do shit then u should try to refuse those officers to take away from you. i swear to god in that moment u will take greyhound bus then flying on the airplane. You useless...get a life
No wonder you work at CATSA, if my only other option based on my education was a Sanitary Engineer, I would also look for the job where the mentally sub par are allowed authority.
SkyWolfe wrote:As a small, normal looking, white, 5'5 120 lbs female, why is it I ALWAYS have a random search on domestic flights? The scary guy in front of me that kept shaking nervously walked through, and I got a full "random" search... Can't we "randomly" search someone that actually looks like they have potential to blow shit up?

PS Canpilot (an average white male that looks completely normal) also suffers from extensive searches by CATSA....

Sorry, as normal everyday Canadians... why are we being searched like we have some bizarre need to blow up our own country...

Wolfie
In all fairness Wolfie, I would totally search you every time too!

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Do we really need any more proof that self medication can have long term mental health issues :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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I'm with you, Niss! Wolfie wouldn't stand a chance.

Edited to add: "even a married Wolfie!"
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I really should not enjoy the searches as much as i do ,in fact i would probably do an oliver and go back for seconds if they warmed their hands first :rolleyes:
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fcuk_haters wrote:stop talking shit about catsa ppl at least they are doing their job to serve everyone lifes. they are not like you that sit infront of the computer talking bull shit and useless. also u should go find a job at mcdonald because they paid minimum wage cheaper then those officers. they make twice then that and they have important job to do then you sit infront of your computer gossip about them. you think pocket knife can't do shit on airplane? 9/11 it only took a box cutter to bring the plan down, you tell me about your stupid pocket knife? if you think your pocket knife can't do shit then u should try to refuse those officers to take away from you. i swear to god in that moment u will take greyhound bus then flying on the airplane. You useless...get a life
That's gotta be a joke, right?

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SkyWolfe wrote:
As a small, normal looking, white, 5'5 120 lbs female, why is it I ALWAYS have a random search on domestic flights? The scary guy in front of me that kept shaking nervously walked through, and I got a full "random" search... Can't we "randomly" search someone that actually looks like they have potential to blow shit up?

PS Canpilot (an average white male that looks completely normal) also suffers from extensive searches by CATSA....

Sorry, as normal everyday Canadians... why are we being searched like we have some bizarre need to blow up our own country...

Wolfie
Wolfie, so even search an ACA pilot if he or she's brown? cause the impression I get is that such a pilot would be considered a security risk. Brown + Able to fly = Al quida bomber... I hope that's not your point. There are many white folks who look like they're about to stab people.

I was hoping that you being from the Lower Mainland would have a good grasp at how race doesn't determine danger.
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SkyWolfe wrote:
As a small, normal looking, white, 5'5 120 lbs female, why is it I ALWAYS have a random search on domestic flights? The scary guy in front of me that kept shaking nervously walked through, and I got a full "random" search... Can't we "randomly" search someone that actually looks like they have potential to blow shit up?
If CATSA is supposed to be searching people based on racial trackrecords then they were probably trying to make sure you didn't have a slave.
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niss wrote:
If CATSA is supposed to be searching people based on racial trackrecords then they were probably trying to make sure you didn't have a slave.
what the........... :roll:
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Seriously, If Brown people blow shit up so we should stop searching the sweet little white chicks, then we should be searching the sweet little white chicks because they own brown people.

White people's track record speaks for itself no?
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niss, I am with you, we should not treat any colour differnt then any other colour. But where the heck did you come with slave thing. (?)
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2milefinal wrote:niss, I am with you, we should not treat any colour differnt then any other colour. But where the heck did you come with slave thing. (?)
Because of people using racial track records for how others should be treated.

For hundreds of years white people have owned slaves. So if its perfectly rational to think that sweet little white people should not be searched because their sweet little white people, but we should be searching the scary brown people because of what scary brown people have been known to do, then I submit based on the same logic we should be searching the sweet little white people because logically they own a scary brown person.

Remember Geordi La Forge?

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oh I see now, I get it
thanks for the picture too. Catsa is looking for slave traders, i finely under stand all of their silliness.
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My point is that sweet little white people are no more innocent than the scary looking brown person who didn't do anything, but is scary because some other scary brown person did do something.
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SkyWolfe wrote:As a small, normal looking, white, 5'5 120 lbs female, why is it I ALWAYS have a random search on domestic flights? The scary guy in front of me that kept shaking nervously walked through, and I got a full "random" search... Wolfie
If I worked for CATSA and had to choose between a blonde 5'5 120lb female or some scary guy, Id much rather "randomly search" you. In fact, Id probably even do a double search of you just to be on the safe side. :D
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niss wrote:My point is that sweet little white people are no more innocent than the scary looking brown person who didn't do anything, but is scary because some other scary brown person did do something.
I agree with you completely !

Not so sure about them looking for a slave these days HAHA ! But I think the point you're trying to make is that Race doesn't differ when it comes to danger which is exactly what I was getting at.

For Example, this is an example and let's not change the topic !

If you believe that 9/11 was an inside job which I definitely do, you would understand that it was a group of White, English Speaking Americans who were involved in the plotting. They found some losers with no future who hate their own government in Afghanistan or Iraq, who are willing to die for the country's regime to change "like Jeff Dunham's Achmed says" and offer their families a fortune. In return they're asked to fly american based airplanes into buildings to create a case for oil redemption and for all brown people to be considered "dangerous" and thus require this whole extra way of being treated especially when dealing with border crossing and air travel.

Another example:
For all of you oldies here, do you remember how highly mutual the relationship between the Shah of Iran and the president America was? It was almost insoluble and "persians" were respected all around the world because of this westernized relationship. As soon as the regime changed, the US was no longer able to profit from the oil cause the Republicans of Iran understood the purpose of that "mutual relationship" was in fact cheap oil. In return, ever since, the US have been trying to create a case and prove it to all around the world that Iran is a dangerous place. Cause I mean let's face it, they were cruising in the mile high with the Shah. I don't agree with their regime actually; however, remember this statement, there will be peace in this world, when the United States of America "the greatest name in the world" have all the oil reserves. Until that day, they're going to create cases to try to destroy countries like Afghanistan. There was a topic not too long ago, searching brown people isn't going to do anything. Have you ever heard in the past few years that somebody was caught at the airport for having bombing devices? If you have heard it, was it a typical media bs or was it true? I think you get my point. If security rolls back to Pre 9/11 standards, it wouldn't make a difference. Because it's old school now to bring bombing device into a plane I think, security is so up tight about all kinds of liquids, gels, and that stuff so it's most likely impossible. But do you think that stops the threat? I dont' think so, otherwise why are all the CATSA agents looking so insecure and "concerned" to find that terrorist? They're looking for something new, some other method of trying to impose an attack.

Yea, Iran has Uranium, US has the one of the strongest Military's. In Iran's defence, they have to build a mechanism to be ready, should the US be able to create a case to make everybody believe that it's a good choice to attack them.

Hopefully Obama will at least get some communications started with Iran, as he seems like he's willing to do it. But asking them to stop producing defence mechanisms isn't the solution. Neutralizing them isn't going to help one bit. It'll help the US beat the country down in case of a war though.

Let's not forget, there has been terror activities in the Middle East, I am in no way saying that it hasn't. But targetting the entire middle east is what the states have done, and in everybody's mind they have created that Middle East = Dangerous. It's like saying just cause Russia attacked Georgia, EUROPE IS A DANGEROUS place and all europeans should be searched cause they might blow shit up and attack other countries. Especially them Vikings ! They might have a few of their horn based hats onboard and use it to stab the pilots. !! Oh No !

Go to dubai for a week, you will have so much fun in comparison to Las Vegas or something.

I've been to Iran and UAE for vacation, and man they're both great countries ! Great people, lot's of fun ! For you who have been there, you know. For you who will respond to this by "saying that you've been there" but then making it look bad, well you obviously haven't been there.

The relationship between Emirates and US ? Why is it so good? UAE is becoming a typical vacation route for many Americans. They buy properties there and everything !

It's good because the US is benefiting from it; one really small example which only governs one american industry is Boeing. EK is buying Boeings like CRAZY ! Why would the american's put a stop to this? and this is just one out of the BILLION kinds of industries that they're involved in. But what I'm getting at is that UAE is very close to "dangerous places" how come they're never associated with Terrorists? isn't UAE a big core of an ISLAMIC / MUSLIM country? But no no, it's a safe place according to CNN and presidential speeches.

My point? if you root back most of the problems, you'll realize that the white people are as highly guilty of the war and insecurity in this world as other races. They may not be the folks who carry out the missions, but just like quoted in Rush Hour 2, if you're trying to solve a big crime case, try to find the old white rich mand behind it ! Which in that case he was behind Ricky Tan and the whole concept of making the "chinese" do all the bad and illegal missions, while he was resting his hairy ass on his boat with that hot US Agent. That's all I have to say.


Adios as I can smell this topic will blow up right about now !
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Cat Driver wrote:Tell me why we don't have all this paranoia when traveling on trains, buses, ships taxis???
AuxBatOn wrote:Because it's easier to steer an airplane to a big building than a car and a train AND the damage potential is 1000X bigger? That's my guess :)
Oh, I dunno, it was pretty easy to steer a truck to this building.....
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CATSA may be ineffective, but they are put there to make the public feel like something is being done. It is a placebo rather then a cure.
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Dubai actually sucks shit. At least in Vegas if you get your girlfriend pregnant they don't throw you both in jail. They try and make Dubai seem like a nice place to vacation but believe me, the beaches covered in cigarette butts are nothing special, especially when it's 46 degrees out and humid.

The company to fly for pays well and offers a quick command, and route structure is unbelievable, as are the cabin crew ;)...but the city, the country, the people? Terrible.

Sorry for the off-topic but I hate seeing someone spreading lies about the Middle East being great.

The reason they profile people of Middle Eastern descent is because...wait for it...most of the recent terrorists were from that area of the world. The whole conspiracy theory about "white guys" being behind all of the terrorism is so typical of much of the culture in the ME: whiners, victims, always trying to avoid responsibility. I live with it every day, they fool some people but not anyone actually living and working here. The fact is that most of the 9/11 terrorists were from Saudi, and all of the most abominable acts of terror in the recent past, from Breslan to Yemen to London to Bali, were carried out by Islamic extremists of certain nationalities. Hint: it wasn't white guys from Sweden. So politically incorrect as it may be, I don't blame the authorities one bit for looking a little closer at people with a certain skin colour and ethnic background. Sue me.
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