Venezuela shuns TSA evaluation

Mike · May 29, 2012

AINonline: TSA Questions Safety of Venezuelan Airports

TSA whines:

According to a note on the U.S. State Department’s website, “Since 2005, the Venezuela government has not permitted the U.S. Transportation Security Agency (TSA) to assess the safety and security standards of Venezuelan airports that provide direct service to the United States, as required by the U.S. Congress. In September 2008, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began to post public notices at U.S. airports to notify passengers of this issue.”
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Venezuela responds:

However, a statement released by the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington last week, said its country’s airports are safe. The statement also said U.S. representatives from United, Delta, American and FedEx, left a recent meeting in Caracas with the same understanding.
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Delta & American both basically flip TSA off :

Despite the State Department warnings issued in 2005, Delta said it has “served the Venezuelan market continuously for the past 14 years.” An American Airlines spokesman said, “Venezuela was our first South American destination almost 25 years ago [and] American would not operate flights into Venezuela, if we deemed the airports we serve to present unacceptable safety conditions.”
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Elizabeth Conley · May 30, 2012

I'm heartened to read that Venezuelans retain their self-respect.

CelticWhisper · May 30, 2012

(expletive deleted), put ME on the next flight to Venezuela.

RB · May 30, 2012

I think it only reasonable to shun TSA.

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