…It was I who listened to the terrorists tell everyone to remain calm over Boston Center's frequency, knowing that my fellow pilots of American Airlines Flight 11 were dead.
…It was I who watched in horror from my cockpit at Newark Airport as UAL Flight 175 took an eternity to fly up the Hudson River and into the South Tower.
…It is I who is strip searched by TSA screeners who make more than some pilots, while thousands of cleaners, caterers, and others who have unlimited access to my aircraft are only minimally screened.
…It was I who TOLD you REPEATEDLY that our aircraft were vulnerable to takeover and that our screeners were inadequate.
…It is I who’s life depends on a security system that can be beat by a 20 year old child.
...It is I who had to sit down with my partner and try to explain why I was going back to work September 14. And why I would never allow myself to be called "just a bus driver" ever again, even in jest.
...It is I who receive a worried call from my husband/wife/father/mother/son/daughter every time CNN or Fox screams the headline of "Aircraft Accident" whenever there is the slightest aircraft mishap anywhere in the world.
...It is I who am one mistake away from being that headline, every time I go to work.
...It is I who carries the weight of the company on my shoulders to ensure that I do not make that mistake. Yet you like to tell me that I am overpaid and underworked and approach me for paycuts every time your mismanagement puts the company in financial difficulty.
…It is I who brief my Flight Attendants every day that "If there is any attempt to take over the aircraft under no circumstances will we open the cockpit door to help you.” knowing that I am issuing their death sentence.
...It is my flight attendants who will again be the first ones to die next time. And May God Rest the Souls of the brave Flight Attendants on the hijacked American and United flights who kept calm and used the cabin phones to call their bases and describe the bloodbaths that were occurring on their flights before they were murdered.
…It was I who watched in horror from my cockpit at Newark Airport as UAL Flight 175 took an eternity to fly up the Hudson River and into the South Tower.
…It is I who is strip searched by TSA screeners who make more than some pilots, while thousands of cleaners, caterers, and others who have unlimited access to my aircraft are only minimally screened.
…It was I who TOLD you REPEATEDLY that our aircraft were vulnerable to takeover and that our screeners were inadequate.
…It is I who’s life depends on a security system that can be beat by a 20 year old child.
...It is I who had to sit down with my partner and try to explain why I was going back to work September 14. And why I would never allow myself to be called "just a bus driver" ever again, even in jest.
...It is I who receive a worried call from my husband/wife/father/mother/son/daughter every time CNN or Fox screams the headline of "Aircraft Accident" whenever there is the slightest aircraft mishap anywhere in the world.
...It is I who am one mistake away from being that headline, every time I go to work.
...It is I who carries the weight of the company on my shoulders to ensure that I do not make that mistake. Yet you like to tell me that I am overpaid and underworked and approach me for paycuts every time your mismanagement puts the company in financial difficulty.
…It is I who brief my Flight Attendants every day that "If there is any attempt to take over the aircraft under no circumstances will we open the cockpit door to help you.” knowing that I am issuing their death sentence.
...It is my flight attendants who will again be the first ones to die next time. And May God Rest the Souls of the brave Flight Attendants on the hijacked American and United flights who kept calm and used the cabin phones to call their bases and describe the bloodbaths that were occurring on their flights before they were murdered.
