In yet another rogue decision made in Immigration by US Immgration officials, USA citizens arriving on Asiana Airlines flight 605 from Incheon, Seoul, South Korea were held back from entering USA immigration until an earlier flight arrival of 200 Japanese tourists from Narita, Tokyo Japan cleared the process.
Arriving American citizens looked in amazement as they were told they could not proceed into immigration until the previous arrival has passed through.
Fifteen minutes later, and the Japanese visitors to America were still straggling along the corridor a slight ruckus erupted.
Coincidentally, the Asiana Airlines operations manager for Saipan was also one of those held back by security guards and restraining tape.
He said their airline was recently notified by US Immigration that (Immigration) would process only one airplane arrival at at time, in order of arrival.
Immigration officers, when asked about this decision, could only raise their eyebrows in disbelief and comment pretty much that 'they only work here.'
You could hear grumbles and see the shrugging of shoulders as many of the arriving passengers in Saipan are becoming used to arbitrary, and not too bright managerial decisions coming from Saipan Immigration and Border Control officials.
One could almost see the Immigration managers patting each other on their backs and slapping high fives at their new 'genius' plan.
So let's see how this plays out in the USA.
These same glad-handed managers come up with this policy at LAX, JFK, ORD, DFW, and MIA.
First plane in, several hundred passengers arrive, all other arriving planes ( Need I say and tens of thousands of passengers) need not rush. Just sit tight in your seats or behind restraints, and wait your turn - say 15 minutes or an hour or two, until the other plane's through. We'll get to you sooner or later. One plane at a time.
Well, you see the point.
The bottom line is, who is in charge in Saipan -
The USA or the rogue, mad scientist type Immigration managers most likely volunteering for Saipan duty and probably not the swiftest in the Service types whose dream it is to manage a USA mainland assignmen but just not good enough, whose bird brained ideas stick it in the face of all Americans who are travelling back to our country?
I score this one for 'The inmates running the Asylum."
Get rid of this policy. It's stupid and annoying.
Arriving American citizens looked in amazement as they were told they could not proceed into immigration until the previous arrival has passed through.
Fifteen minutes later, and the Japanese visitors to America were still straggling along the corridor a slight ruckus erupted.
Coincidentally, the Asiana Airlines operations manager for Saipan was also one of those held back by security guards and restraining tape.
He said their airline was recently notified by US Immigration that (Immigration) would process only one airplane arrival at at time, in order of arrival.
Immigration officers, when asked about this decision, could only raise their eyebrows in disbelief and comment pretty much that 'they only work here.'
You could hear grumbles and see the shrugging of shoulders as many of the arriving passengers in Saipan are becoming used to arbitrary, and not too bright managerial decisions coming from Saipan Immigration and Border Control officials.
One could almost see the Immigration managers patting each other on their backs and slapping high fives at their new 'genius' plan.
So let's see how this plays out in the USA.
These same glad-handed managers come up with this policy at LAX, JFK, ORD, DFW, and MIA.
First plane in, several hundred passengers arrive, all other arriving planes ( Need I say and tens of thousands of passengers) need not rush. Just sit tight in your seats or behind restraints, and wait your turn - say 15 minutes or an hour or two, until the other plane's through. We'll get to you sooner or later. One plane at a time.
Well, you see the point.
The bottom line is, who is in charge in Saipan -
The USA or the rogue, mad scientist type Immigration managers most likely volunteering for Saipan duty and probably not the swiftest in the Service types whose dream it is to manage a USA mainland assignmen but just not good enough, whose bird brained ideas stick it in the face of all Americans who are travelling back to our country?
I score this one for 'The inmates running the Asylum."
Get rid of this policy. It's stupid and annoying.
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