Originally Posted by MrFatbooty
The no-fly list is singling out people who for whatever reason shouldn't be on it. Case in point: Ted Kennedy. Senator, Ted Kennedy. He ended up on the no-fly list because of a mistake. There are plenty of normal every day business travelers who have gotten stuck on the list too.
Mike,
Would you rather a mistake happen to Teddy Kennedy and he missed his flight or to the fictional person Ramzi al-Mustafa who was able to get onto a flight because of an oversight and ram it into the Empire State Building or the Sears Tower?
I preffer to err on the side of caution.