Actually, that would make some things easier to sneak on. Having been on the “heightened security” list once, I’m not going into specifics.

Arming passengers, though, has some merit.

1. No carry on baggage at all.
2. everbody flies naked.

see, impossible to sneak anything destructive on at all.

and to think they kicked that hot girl off the flight to tucson, for wearing a lowcut shirt and a miniskirt!

I for one would be more than happy to pay to be in the express lane at security- and for the privilege of not having to remove my shoes and jacket, take the laptop out of the case and put liquids in a bag. All the fun has gone out of flying.

– Pay-day loan centers near ticketing
– Show the movie “Alive” at the gate of non-refundable flights. Make the flights constantly late.
– Four words “Air Conditioning is expensive!”
– Tiny vacuum-bots that instantly run out and grab fallen change
– A donation lets you avoid the new “extreme passenger screening” device

…besides, do you really want to sit next to the guy who just lost big on the slots?

That would be kinda funny, actually. Terminal B has a different set of laws, as its Indian land!

I’ve always heard that Gambling and Alcohol do well during bad times. I guess the gambling part isn’t true – wonder how alcohol’s doing?

BRILLIANT!!!!! i hadn’t even thought of that. there’d be a couple on every block at the rate our market is going.

igor says “untrue,” but i beg to differ!

My profession has seen the jobs mostly dissappear in PHX. The economy is down in PHX and going downer imo, due to housing and that wacky immigration bill. the economy is why I did not move out there yet.

I was thinking we needed a way to use all the empty houses that no one wants to live in, but this isn’t exactly what I had in mind!

I’m runnin for mayor with that idea!!!!!

I’m sure they can find a way around it. Sell a small area in the airport to a tribe and through some legal jargon they can prolly call it reservation land. Similar to the midwest riverboats that game on “international waters.” LOL!!! when a state wishes to gamble they seem to always find a way around the illegality of it.

And I’m not sure if the state has heard, but flights are being cut everyday. If a slot rings the jackpot sound and nobody is in the airport, does it really make a sound??????

I was wondering how they would work that out. I believe [And if someone knows better, please correct me.] that the Indians are the only ones who could legally manage slot machines in AZ.

I thought slots were limited to the reservations though. Sky Harbor might be problematic.

What can be done with an empty house if no one wants to live in it?

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/recession_plagued_nation_demands

I don’t have a good citation, but for years Valley analysts have said that one in three dollars generated in the Valley have been related to housing vs. one in four nationwide.

Housing won’t be back anytime soon, and gambling would only be a quick fix. Arizona, like the rest of the nation, needs to rethink how we make a living. Stimulus checks and slot machines don’t make for good long term solutions.

Yes Igor, I know we’re “broke”. That’s what we’re talking about.

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=71735

Igor says “disaster”.

AZSaluki-

According to the Motley Fool today:

Gambling revenue on the Las Vegas Strip fell 16.4% in May as more cash-strapped gamblers opt to pay bills rather than spin the wheel.

So maybe gambling isn’t doing so well at the moment. No statistics available for the brothels.