Charles Slepian Quotations

Showing your ID is a far cry from being searched for explosives.

The pilot is searched. The cabin crew is searched. The passengers are searched. Nine hundred thousand workers are not searched. And we are not dealing with that and TSA refuses to tell us why.

For the longest time critics have claimed, and I am one of them, that the airline industry leans on their security guard companies to process people quickly. In cities with large populations, you'll see they move people faster, which means they are not opening bags and taking away things that could be a weapon.

It's when we cannot rely on our screening that we cancel flights.

If security is standard across the country, if they're all using the same kinds of equipment and all have the same training, then they should all have the same success rates . . . (but) they're not the same in every airport. The personnel are not the same. The quality of personnel is not the same. The supervision is not the same. The equipment, while standards are set by the FAA, may not be working properly.