1. Another concern is that airlines and the government could use profiles to amass a huge database on the movements of the flying public. 2. As agency insiders know, the FAA is also bound by law to balance the cost of safety requirements against their benefits to the flying public. 3. A former FAA head of security says he still doubts that the switch in security firms at Sky Harbor will make any discernable difference in protecting the flying public. 4. Airlines and federal regulators are engaged in a delicate attempt to find a balance between tough new anti-terrorist regulations and the convenience the flying public has come to expect. 5. But judging from reaction on the Internet and in trade publications in recent weeks, the flying public is taking a decidedly wait-and-see attitude. 6. But more important, Ryan said, he believed federal supervision would be safer for the flying public. 7. But the threat of a shutdown at TWA was beginning to affect decisions made by the flying public. 8. But the flying public seems ready to pay a reasonable price to protect itself against the menace of terrorism. 9. But when they conflict, as can happen in the aftermath of an aviation tragedy, the flying public is shortchanged. 10. By federal law, the FAA must simultaneously protect the flying public and promote the interests of civil aviation. |