Also in that same meeting Metro trains were compared to airlines who keep you waiting on a tarmac. The question was (paraphrased): If passengers can't leave an airplane for fear of arrest why can they leave a Metro train?

I *LOVE* that someone on the board had the balls to compare Metro to an airline. Let's continue down that road, shall we?

1) Airlines are overseen by the FAA and have to follow FAA regulations. If WMATA is saying they will adhere to similar strict rules then let's do that then! Who will be the FAA of WMATA?

2) The FAA regulations require 1 "flight attendant" for every 50 passengers on an airline operating under this specific set of regulations. 1-50 passengers = 1 flight attendant. 51-100 = 2 flight attendants, etc. Is WMATA saying they will follow similar regulations? If you followed the same numbers that's *16* WMATA employees to staff an 8-car train and be trained to assist in the event of an evacuation as well as "keep order" in an unusual event.

3) The airlines now have a "Passenger Bill of Rights". Is WMATA now opening themselves up to such a thing? If so - let's draft up that bad boy!

The WMATA board is CLUELESS and this will only end badly. Could you imagine 1000 people being arrested as they exit a vent shaft in the middle of a field in Anacostia?