TSA head says flying is a "privilege" not a right?

[Daveroo]

again....you are talking about violating the law...thats NOT what im refering to...ive lost my lic due to a DUI..I did a stupid thing and was punished..did what i was supposed to do and got my license back...i agree with that part....OBEYING THE LAW

but the right vs being given a privlage after paying fees and taxes...well.........

 

[TeaSea]

Here's a brain-buster: how many different ways, and by how many different people can privilege be misspelled?

I myaseelf mispelt this quite freqent.

:mixedsmi:

And Rami, my junk was also snipped several years back......but I'm still going to demand a female TSA rep frisk me next time I fly.

 

[PRB]

I have a lot I could say about the subject matter of this thread...but I won't. Not only would it get the thread locked, it would most likely get me banned for a while, have the entire extremist horde chanting death threats against me, result in every citizen militia group in the nation using me as their poster child and would tarnish my exulted position as a moderator LOL!

OBIO

Oh yeah? I can beat that! My opinion on this is so awesome that if I even think about it for longer than ten seconds while looking at the computer monitor, I would be banned from the solar system!

 

[TeaSea]

You all realize we made it through this thread without out getting it locked down don't you?

 

[stansdds]

You all realize we made it through this thread without out getting it locked down don't you?

Oh yeah? Well, hold my beer and watch this! LOL!

 

[olderndirt]

What bothers me is this business of privilege. Things that require a license are a privilege but, to me, things for which we choose to pay are a service. Most of us forget that paying for a plumber or electrician is the same as paying for doctors and hospitals - we're essentially hiring the service. The same applies to airlines but the onslaught of security procedures has made this almost a moot point. The underlying argument is still there - if you're paying for it, it's not a privilege, it's a service.

 

[Allen]

if you're paying for it, it's not a privilege, it's a service.

Thats it ya'll its over. Last one out, shut the lights off and put the Master Lock™ on the thread.

 

[Bone]

What bothers me is this business of privilege. Things that require a license are a privilege but, to me, things for which we choose to pay are a service.

The same applies to airlines but the onslaught of security procedures has made this almost a moot point. The underlying argument is still there - if you're paying for it, it's not a privilege, it's a service.

You make a good point, and as you said, it's the security measures that make the difference. It seems the debate here with what is a service or privilege stems from looking at each in their purest forms. It's not all black and white. Paying the boys at Jiffy Lube to change the oil on your car is not the same thing as paying for an airline ticket. There are varying degrees of what you are entitled to when purchasing a service, especially one where you can be denied service after the purchase.

You can purchase a membership at a golf club, tennis club, whatever club, ect, but if you break the rules you can be denied privileges. Depending on the infraction, you can be denied privileges for a short term or permanently.

Also, you can buy FSX, but are you really really buying it or just buying the privilege of using it? You have a physical copy of it, hmmm. They can deny you activation rights after you install it, but you paid for it already. There are just too many shades of gray.