Comment by 🚀 stack
Agreed. But I thought ICE was sent to airports to help with long lines... You now. for moral support. When you see a masked man armed to the teeth, you can't help but feel better.
Mar 31 · 5 weeks ago
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👻 darkghost · Apr 01 at 00:17:
When I traveled to Mexico city I was in the gringo area. There was a kindly police officer with a sub machine gun strapped to their chest. Same thing here. Security theater.
🚀 stack [OP] · Apr 01 at 01:02:
In El Salvador, the security check was a card table with a box of rubber gloves and a guy with a machine gun, who would pick someone out of the line and snap on the gloves with a menacing sound before taking them in the back.
Terrifying.
👻 darkghost · Apr 01 at 14:19:
Nothing more menacing than a card table
🚀 stack [OP] · Apr 01 at 14:43:
You know what I mean -- the makeshift nature and complete lack of protocols. Whatever the guy says is the law.
I still remember the snap of the gloves.
👻 darkghost · Apr 01 at 15:47:
I know, I was being unserious. Although I guess you could say the card table *is* terrifying because it speaks exactly to the makeshift and arbitrary manner of law in which you find yourself at the complete mercy of. These guys woke up and decided to do this without thinking through anything, including procuring a wooden table or booth.
🐦 JustASillyBird · Apr 03 at 07:51:
I get the impression that the CEO already had enemies. This isn't the first time he has been condemned for not learning French. The latest incident was just an excuse to push him out, and for a few politicians (Including both the PM himself and the Premier of Quebec) to make a public demonstration of patriotism.
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Air Canada Takes Action — Je me souviens. In the aftermath of the LaGuardia Airport collision, what does Air Canada do to make sure it doesn't happen again? You might imagine -- improving protocols and coordination between the entities running different parts of airports, communication with ground control, or maybe applying political pressure to better fund airport staff... Nope. They ousted the CEO for saying the condolences in English. That will fix the problem.