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"Lou Minatti�" wrote:
> 
> Adam Weiss wrote:
> >
> > "Matthew T. Russotto" wrote:
> > >
> > > In article <C6C8184D921E4419.C10188D8B523605A.365910F4881DD92C@lp.airnews.net>,
> > > Adam Weiss  <aw722@pdq.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > }The answer to that is simple.
> > > }
> > > }Packages should be put through x-ray systems and sniffed by drug and
> > > }bomb sensing dogs.  Only if the sniffs or x-rays alert the airline to a
> > > }possible danger should the package be opened.
> > >
> > > Oxygen canisters lack any such characteristic odors and x-ray
> > > signatures.
> >
> > Which is what I adressed in the other part of my post.  My hunch is that
> > someone at Sabre Tech knew that the oxygen canisters were illegal and
> > dangerous as they were being loaded.  ValueJet was not notified of
> > this.  Sabre Tech was ultimately the guilty party, but in a different
> > airline where all cargo loading was handled by airline employees and not
> > contracted employees of a different company this would not have
> > occured.  This, in essence, is what I see as wrong with ValueJet (aka
> > Air Tran).
> 
> Good to see you backing off your original claim, which was WAY out of
> line:

Oh but I do feel that ValueJet should have been hit alot harder with
lawsuits.  Any corporation that contracts out parts of its
infrastructure without adequate safety mechanisms in place (mechanisms
to ensure that no illegal and potentially catastrophic cargo enters
their planes for example) deserves to crash and burn in my opinion. 
Those safety mechanisms, which one can only pray were instituted about
the time ValueJet changed its name to Air Tran, were sorely missing, and
caused the death of PEOPLE.

And let me note: "safety mechanisms" are logistical methods to ensure
safety, not technological ones.  In usenet arguments one has to put
explanations like this in because people so often pretend to
misunderstand in order to further their own purposes.

> 
> > > You know, just this evening I heard a Value Jet (aka Air Tran) ad on TV,
> > > touting how cheap it was to fly with them.  I immediately though "yep,
> > > amazing how saving a few dollars on aircraft maintenace can cut ticket
> > > prices".  They're doing it again; another few hundred people will be
> > > killed by Value Jet in a few months.
> 
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