[BITList] no rules for us, please!

[CT's]

how lobbyists jeopardize safety and put profit first........................[what else matter?]

        ct.
        Lobbying by the multibillion-dollar US freight industry has helped kill past efforts to impose tough rules.

        In 2004, when the Transportation Security Administration considered requiring screening for all packages on all flights, the Cargo Airline Association downplayed a terrorist threat. It argued slowing down shipping for inspections would jeopardize the shipping industry and the world's economy.

        "As a practical matter, all-cargo aircraft operators today are permitted to accept freight from all persons and entities all over the world, including unknown shippers, precisely because of the lack of any credible threat to all-cargo aircraft," the association, whose members included FedEx, UPS and other shippers, told the agency.

        The government agreed.

        However, US airline pilot reps have said – it’s just a matter of time..........................
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