Japan flights to Alaska back on after Palin intervenes (tourism over security)

[rainbow4321]

Hmmm. So she singlehandingly protects the US from the Russians but is OK with U.S. Customs and Border Protection not being able to do their jobs with flights/passengers from Japan. Guess Russians don't give enough to the Fairbanks economy.


http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-12-17-alaska-japan-flights_N.htm

Eighteen winter flights from Japan to Fairbanks are back on schedule again after Gov. Sarah Palin intervened with federal customs authorities.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said staffing shortfalls led to the denial about six weeks ago of landing rights for Japan Airlines. Customs officers are flown from Anchorage to Fairbanks to meet each JAL flight.

Palin asked the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for reconsideration and federal officials reversed the decision. "We recognized right away the importance," said Patricia Eckert, a trade specialist with the governor's office. "There is tremendous economic impact at a time of year when it's most valued."


The Fairbanks Convention and Visitors Bureau received the Governor's Exporter of the Year award in 2007 for developing the Japan Airlines charter flights program

[DBoon]

1. "staffing shortfalls"?

What part of drowning government in a bathtub does Sarah not understand?