1.   Baggage is only being spot checked, she said, and airport workers who stock flight kitchens, clean planes and do airport maintenance are not adequately screened.

2.   A report by the federal General Accounting Office is critical of federal funding, which is the major source of money for airport maintenance and projects.

3.   They did not take into account safety records, on-time flights, baggage handling or general airport maintenance.

4.   In addition, he wanted civilian controllers organized under an independent authority instead of having to work in an organization that also was in charge of airport maintenance.

5.   The workers, which include airport maintenance and ground crews, are protesting the merger of their supplementary pension fund with other plans.