JFK Security, JetBlue Under Scrutiny After Slater’s Outburst
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/08/11/jfk-security-jetblue-under-scrutiny-after-slaters-outburst/
Despite this, Slater’s intense exit drew no emergency vehicles – no firetrucks, no nothing.
“Deployment of the chute is like a big Fourth of July firecracker going off,” Daly said. “It’s saying, ‘look at this.’”
And that’s not the only security hole. Slater ran through what are supposed to be secure zones around airplanes – with two carry-on bags. In fact, the response took so long that Slater got all the way back to his Queens home without being stopped. It was there that police arrested him.
Chris Ward, the executive director of New York’s Port Authority, is pointing the finger at JetBlue.
“Any breach of security is a concern,” said Ward. “The public wants to know that airports are safe.”
Port Authority sources told CBS 2 that JetBlue didn’t follow proper protocols, and that there was a 25-minute delay before JetBlue alerted police.