Defending our Skies against the elderly essays

Defending our Skies against the elderly essays Defending our Skies against the elderly The article that I read is about airport security and the elderly. This article talks about a womans 78 year old father who was picked out of a line of travelers in Westchester airport in New York. He had to take off his jacket, oxygen finger cuff, and stand as an airport screener slowly scanned him with a wand. The 78 year old, who had trouble putting shoes on earlier, says his daughter, had to remove them too. As the wand passed his wrist it beeped, without asking the screener pushed up the mans sleeve to show the watch. Then as he scanned her father again the wand beeped going over his belt. Then once again without asking the screener flipped up the old mans shirt and yanked at his belt. I watched hopelessly as my father clenched his jaw as the last tug to his belt nearly made him loose his balance. The article also talks about a similar incident at The Dallas airport. The subject of The Dallas airports search was another old man. The screener there took away the old mans cane, made him remove his belt and shoes and then left him to sit there while the screener consulted how to scan the cane with a supervisor. This article agrees that we do need to screen airport passengers, but there probably is a better way. The article suggests that you should at least look in the passengers eyes. That people should be treated with respect. Isnt that the way of life were all fighting for? This article has many pros and cons. The pros about airport security are that it dose make flying safer. Screeners shouldnt take anyone for granite. Everyone should be treated equal. By scanning people, we may be able to prevent future attacks on America. The article has cons also. The article talks about picking people out of a line to scan. Thats bad because its not effective enough. If yo ...