[Aurel]

I am not upset with the USA in particular, and I am not trying to defend this french pilot either. What I am permanently upset with is when people apply rules and procedures without looking further than their nose. Pilots can carry guns in the cockpit, right ? So why search them. And there is an axle in the cabin anyways. This makes absolutely no sense, and it is probably why this co-pilot, who was upset of having to take his shoes off all the time, made that stupid joke. What is especially upsetting is when one has to deal with robotic governement employees, who can only apply the rules, not their common sense. Dealling with brainwashed people makes you feel like making bad jokes. And an aparatus of brainwashed people is precisely what nazi Germany was. I am not implying that this where the US is now, but this is where it could be someday, that is all.

Aurel