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Who's the ruling group? AFAIK, everyone passes through the same border agents...

by keyme 8y ago

pavel_lishin 8y ago
The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread. And anyway, my understanding is that if you're rich enough to charter a private jet, or to own one, you skip a lot of the border formalities.
- keyme 8y ago
  No you don't... It's just another agent. Granted, this one sees very little traffic each day, so probably less inclined to annoy you out of spite. Perhaps if you carry a diplomatic passport, that's a different story altogether.
  - pavel_lishin 8y ago
    I'm sure that agent feels empowered to call people coming off private jets a slut after demanding to examine their Tinder history.
  - ilrwbwrkhv 8y ago
    that is not true. in a private jet you don't need to go through security or customs at least in the eurozone. check out the podcast: https://www.npr.org/2016/10/25/499213698/whats-it-like-to-be-rich-ask-the-people-who-manage-billionaires-money https://www.npr.org/2016/10/25/499213698/whats-it-like-to-be...
seanf 8y ago
The ruling group includes some members of Congress and the executive branch. Current and former presidents and vice-presidents are not screened, nor are cabinet secretaries or members of Congress with security details at US airports. Not sure how the US president is treated when passing through other nations' borders but I'm guessing it is not the same border experience that everyone else goes through. According to the "Port Courtesy Handbook" it sounds like many foreign dignitaries go through a modified and expedited border check at the US border that the rest of us do not use. "A Port Courtesy or “Courtesy of the Port” provides Foreign Government Officials and their traveling parties expedited processing and clearance upon arrival into the United States. Requests for Port Courtesies are managed by the Office of the Chief of Protocol in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)." https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/170352.pdf https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/170352.pdf

Who's the ruling group? AFAIK, everyone passes through the same border agents...

by keyme 8y ago

Who's the ruling group? AFAIK, everyone passes through the same border agents...

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread. And anyway, my understanding is that if you're rich enough to charter a private jet, or to own one, you skip a lot of the border formalities.

keyme 8y ago
No you don't... It's just another agent. Granted, this one sees very little traffic each day, so probably less inclined to annoy you out of spite. Perhaps if you carry a diplomatic passport, that's a different story altogether.
- pavel_lishin 8y ago
  I'm sure that agent feels empowered to call people coming off private jets a slut after demanding to examine their Tinder history.
- ilrwbwrkhv 8y ago
  that is not true. in a private jet you don't need to go through security or customs at least in the eurozone. check out the podcast: https://www.npr.org/2016/10/25/499213698/whats-it-like-to-be-rich-ask-the-people-who-manage-billionaires-money https://www.npr.org/2016/10/25/499213698/whats-it-like-to-be...

seanf 8y ago

The ruling group includes some members of Congress and the executive branch. Current and former presidents and vice-presidents are not screened, nor are cabinet secretaries or members of Congress with security details at US airports. Not sure how the US president is treated when passing through other nations' borders but I'm guessing it is not the same border experience that everyone else goes through. According to the "Port Courtesy Handbook" it sounds like many foreign dignitaries go through a modified and expedited border check at the US border that the rest of us do not use. "A Port Courtesy or “Courtesy of the Port” provides Foreign Government Officials and their traveling parties expedited processing and clearance upon arrival into the United States. Requests for Port Courtesies are managed by the Office of the Chief of Protocol in coordination with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)." https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/170352.pdf https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/170352.pdf