I Don't blame the guy that guy for going mad! US Customs or Department Of
Homeland (un)Security held me on 10/14 at that same airport promised to help
me get another flight if they detained me to long and missed my flight,
after I missed my flight almost 2 hours isolated I knew it was going to be a
long day answering dumb questions. Asked for some water after two and a half
hours of sitting I belive the customs agent tried to gave me toilet water.

Where were you born?
Why are you in Canada?
Who was your Client?
Who booked Your Flight?
Where did he live?
Who was the aircraft owner?
Do you have Proof who owned it?
Can we go and inspect this aircraft?
Where did you stay?
Why were you in Lebanon?
What were you doing in Angola & South Africa?
We believe your lying you cannot fly a Cessna 172 or a Piper across the
Atlantic please explain to us how it's done!
Did you Hear or see any anti-American activities when you were in Lebanon?
Why were you in Lebanon again?
Where did you stat & what did you do when you were there?
Are you a part of any organizations?
What's Baja Bush Pilots?
Isn't that an organization?
Do you have any Fire Arms? If So where are they located?
How often do you go to Mexico?
Who's your contact in Nicaragua?
Were you given any envelopes or audio recordings to bring back?
What on there unlabeled disks in your baggage?
Would you mind if we downloaded your address book from your phone and
laptop?
Do you have any plans to overthrow the federal government?
Explain to us again how you fly a 172 over the Atlantic ocean?
Dose the government know you are loading up that much fuel in a airplane?
Have you ever been approached to provide any flight instruction while in
Africa specifically Angola or Senegal?

Here is IBIS (Interagency Border Inspection System) fact sheet and a comment
card have a nice day?

What about my flight home? You need to go talk to your airline we cannot
help you with that good luck snicker snicker snicker!
Sir no your exit is this way? You have to finish airport security?
I need to check my bag!
Sorry sir you cannot check a bag for a flight that has already left! If you
do not continue to airport security we will be forced to detain you untill
monday!

A long day continues, I lost $250.00 worth of tools and stuff that was in my
normally checked bag as it was not allowed to be in carry on baggages becuse
they would not let me check it!!! Security tried to tell me I had to many
carry on's finally let me go after yet another U.S. customs search and
explainiation to supervisor. Alaska was friendly and let me on a later
flight was the last one for the night.

I am about ready to start walking across the border to get back in because
would be way simpler. This makes 4 times I have been arrested going through
U.S. customs to get back in the U.S. In orlando they held every one on the
plane and arrested me in front of all. They still cannot believe a 172 can
fly over the Atlantic, that it's illegal to fly tanked up and they always
ask the same questions.

I should have never taken the Lebanon Trip!!!! But it was Fun... Not worth
this customs hassle though.








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Is airline passenger abuse on the rise as a result of passenger
reaction to airline delays?


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Man dies after Taser shock by police at Vancouver airport
Last Updated: Sunday, October 14, 2007 | 5:04 PM ET

A man in his 40s died early Sunday morning after RCMP jolted him with
a Taser at the Vancouver International Airport, police said.

Airport security called the Mounties for assistance after an
unidentified man began pounding on windows and throwing chairs and
computer equipment in the customs area shortly after arriving on an
international flight at 1:30 a.m., Richmond RCMP Sgt. Pierre Lemaitre
told CBC News.

"We arrived and tried to calm the man," Lemaitre said. "We tried
through gestures to get him to put his hands down on the desk . to no
avail."

When he ignored orders to calm down, police used a stun gun on the
man.

The man dropped to the floor and police said it took three officers to
handcuff him. He then lost consciousness and appeared to go into
cardiac arrest and was pronounced dead at the airport, the CBC's Chris
Brown reported.

Few other details have been disclosed other than the man spoke an
Eastern European language and a flight from Poland touched down about
an hour before the incident, Brown said.

Taser devices are controversial because of the dozen North American
deaths resulting from their use. There has been debate about how safe
these devices are when dealing with certain kinds of people who are
delirious or wound up, Brown said.

Police are investigating and a toxicology report will be done to
determine whether there were drugs in the man's system. They will be
interviewing customs officers and flight attendants, Brown reported.

International arrivals were rerouted but there were no delays in
flight schedules.