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March, 2004

As a flight attendant I have to reply to John Gilmore, who was kicked off a British Airways jet for wearing a suspected Terrorist button ("No-Fly Zone," The Playboy Forum, December). Gilmore is an idiot. He says he doesn't want to give his name at the gate. Does he think the government doesn't know he is flying before he gets to the airport? The only thing an ID check does is show that the person holding the ticket owns the ticket, and airlines were doing that long before 9/11. I would...