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Message: <blockquote data-quote="C_Hallbert" data-source="post: 3673622" data-attributes="member: 42957"><p>About 10 years ago, my wife and I bought tickets to fly to LaGuardia Airport in NYC to visit my family for Christmas. The most direct flight was from Dallas International. Then, at age 64, I walked and stood with significant difficulty due to rheumatoid disease. During the Security Screen, I couldn’t bend over to remove my shoes without a chair. When I requested one, it annoyed Airport Security Staff whom ushered me aside and told me that I needed ‘Special Screening’ and a scan with a bomb detection device (which required a 30 minute delay to get). I’m a U.S. Citizen!, VN Vet and former Certified Reserve Deputy in Pittsburg County and not a prisoner suspect, refugee in a war zone or illegal alien, but I was treated with an attitude reflecting indifference, annoyance and disrespect. I will eat a pair of soiled skivvies found on the floor in a Bus Station Restroom before I’ll fly again on a Commercial Airline…..</p></blockquote><p></p>