From: Gary S. Gevisser
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 2:13 PM PT
To: Kirk B. Hulett Esq.
Cc: rest;
Subject: HAVE I MADE MY POINT?
.... RE: Kirk, are you interested in a class action lawsuit I am preparing
against American Airlines?
Given you
knowledge of my “risk assessment” skills could you
recommend someone bearing in mind I have already done significant
“prediscovery” work that wouldn’t take much time for anyone as skilled as you
to write a formal complaint, not to mention the following:
My loss
which I would be able to prove to a “jury of my peers” is about $40,000,
made up mostly of gold bullion.
Not to
mention such a number has never been previously mentioned to Mr. Terry.
Second, in
interviewing staff of American Eagle as well as employees of TSA, the security agency contracted by the
For
example, in addition to TSA apparently not keeping for more than half an hour a
photographic record of what passes through the x ray machine there is no
notification when you check in beforehand at American Eagle, and very possibly
the other commuter airlines, that your hand luggage will be taken from you
after you pass through security and just before you board the plane.
Second,
there is a gap next to the screener viewing what it is in your hand luggage.
Such a gap
is not known to the passenger going through the mettle detector who is not only
made to feel like a criminal but is often times distracted when asked for their
boarding pass as well as on occasion ID which is often times in the hand
luggage causing more of a delay for someone standing next to the screener and
viewing exactly what is of value, to have all the time in the world to grab
those valuables and/or inform the hand luggage baggage handlers.
Moreover,
while relatively large amounts of cash and gold bullion which I carry with me
most of the time when I travel is opaque and therefore you would expect the
screener to ask to see exactly what it is, most of the time I am never asked
and the gold just passes through without any objection.
Not to
mention it will be interesting to see how many reports Mr. Terry has made to
the TAS and other authorities like the
Not to
mention the use by DeBeers of the postal service.
To mention
little of my decision following increasing physical threats to my 4 Ps, People,
Pets, Property and Plants to disclose a “fair amount” of “my hand” which of
course provides Mr. Terry and American Airlines a “Heads up” to do exactly
what else apart from further “cover up”?
In the
words of your colleague Mr. Jeffrey R. Krinsk Esq., Mr. Terry is either incom
BTW, when my
wife and I returned to San Diego on the same airline while going through
security up in Los Angeles I overheard the gentleman in front, a man with a
foreign accent, telling the person ahead of him how his passport had been taken
out of his hand luggage when he previously went through security and that he
reported this incident to the “authorities” in order to get a new passport but
he refused to give me his name, his reasoning, “I am in enough lawsuits.”
I
understand fully, as you well know, how the “real world” works but surely there
is going to come a point in time, very soon, when even you are going to have to
ask yourself how much longer can all this nonsense of each of us only willing
to stand up and “fight the right fight” when it comes “knocking at our door.”
The rest of
the world, i.e. those living outside of the United States who pay a much higher
price for their gasoline thanks to our oil wars which result in not only having
our oil tyrants continue but for not much longer to accept our increasingly
worthless currency but allowing us to maintain our military bases on their
soils which serve as both a “gun pointed to their heads” as well
as a “gun pointed to the heads” of their second-in-command not to “jump
the gun”, are beginning to question ever more carefully exactly what is
going on as they rid their economies of being dependant on an out of control
military-industrial-complex.
Such aware,
i.e. sensitive people living on the front lines of our induced refugee crises
throughout the world not just in
Have I made
my point?
NOT TO MENTION how it comes about in our country
that prides itself on being the strongest proponent of “FREE TRADE… FREE ENTERPRISE
SYSTEM… FAIR MARKETS… FREE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL… FAIR TRADE PRACTICES [UNLESS
YOU ARE THE DEBEERS-ANGLO AMERICAN CARTEL] … A NATION OF LAWS-LAWYERS… “
[sic], so very important the notion of “RULE OF LAW” and the importance of “MAINTAINING
LAW AND ORDER” and never to forget how we so self-righteously comment,
“VIOLENCE
IS NEVER THE ANSWER” or better yet pontificate on “THE PUNISHMENT MUST FIT THE CRIME”,
a general manager of a major New York Stock Exchange corporation when not able
to come up with answers to very reasonable questions following his previous
beyond belief laughable email would CHOOSE
so very poorly to call me up in the sanctity of my dwelling to threaten to
intimidate.
Moreover,
can you share with me any law on the books of the
To repeat
what Mr. Terry said to me earlier today when he called so unrepentantly;
“Why it is that you are traveling outside of the country with
so much money?”
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From: Kirk B. Hulett [mailto:kirk@hulettharper.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:21 AM
To: Gary S. Gevisser
Subject: RE: Kirk, are you interested in a class action lawsuit I am
preparing against American Airlines?
From: Gary S. Gevisser [mailto:gevisser@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:09 AM
To:
Subject: RE:
You caught me
just as I was about to send a response to the general manager of American Eagle
that owned by American Airlines.
Rather than have
me explain it all let me have you take a look at my draft response to his phone
call earlier this morning as well as all the “back and forth” between him and
me.
MR.
TERRY, WHY TERMINATE THE PRECISION OF EMAIL TO CALL ME at 8:56 AM PST, the call
lasting 2 minutes and 56 seconds just to let me know that the decision taken by
your superiors is to now hand this matter over to the TSA for them to
investigate “Why it is that you are traveling
outside of the country with so much money?”?...
From: Gary S. Gevisser
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:07 PM
To: Terry, Steve
Subject: Why weren't the passengers notified immediately while the plane
was still on the ground that there was a "problem" with valuables
separating from their hand luggage?
Bear
in mind the passengers numbered no more than 20 and were seated very patiently
having never been advised until we got to the steps of the plane that our hand
luggage would be taken out of our possession, not to mention hand luggage that
had been passed through x ray machines which would have kept a digital photo
for how long you think?
Why weren’t the passengers notified if not in flight then
immediately when we arrived in
Furthermore,
I assumed that since you emailed me on Saterday you were focused as I am in
getting to the bottom of this rather unfortunate incident.
Did you ever receive an “incident report” I filed with your parent
company, American Airlines over the Internet?
Did you file any report with your superiors?
Did your baggage handlers tell you how much money was “returned
to the only bag that was unzipped”?
How much time would you say was spent going through all the
passengers’ luggage to make certain that no other bags were unzipped?
Please run by me, since you were on the scene picking up the gold,
what thoughts were going through your mind as the best and most efficient way
to notify the passenger who you would have assume was oblivious to all the fuss
going on below, of their “misfortune”?
Have you thought to ask me how much gold as well as a 1909
In all the years you have worked for both American Airlines and
American Eagle have you ever come across small gold nuggets just lying on the
Tarmac?
Have you read the most current editorial in the back of American
Airlines’ in-flight
From: Terry, Steve
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 3:26 PM
To: Gary S. Gevisser
Subject: RE: Why is it taking so long for you to respond to these
straightforward questions?.... steve
Mr. Gevisser,
With all due respect I talked to you on Friday April 27
consequently I am off on weekends and returned today Monday April 30th.
As you probably know when you take off for two day’s there is two day’s of work
piled up waiting to be completed!
It is very unfortunate that someone had left a pocket unzipped and
their money and this gold fell out. The money was found immediately and
returned to the only bag that was unzipped, but unfortunately the gold was not
seen until the aircraft was closed and ready for departure. What was
found was several little gold pieces and one small gold bar (with 14K printed
on it). After the aircraft pulled out what gold we saw on the ground was
picked up and placed in an envelope and immediately put into our safe.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.
Steve
Steve Terry | General Manager |
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From: Gary S. Gevisser
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 1:47 PM
To: Terry, Steve
Subject: Why is it taking so long for you to respond to these straightforward
questions?.... steve
Bear in mind the first thing you
told me when we spoke for the second time on April 27th, the 7
minute and 36 second phone call beginning at 10:49 AM Pacific Standard Time how
very “saddened” and “concerned” you were when your baggage handlers rushed in
to your office to notify you of the all the gold that had “fallen” out of my
hand luggage that then caused you to rush down to the plane, still standing on
the tarmac, before getting on your “hands and knees” to pick up from on the
ground as well as what was in the plane what amounts to the most
extraordinarily small amount of gold that was, also in your words, “retrieved”.
Consequently I assume, at a minimum,
you would personally know if what appears to be a coin in the envelope which
again I have yet to open, is one of the 10 one ounce gold coins that were in a
tightly sealed hard plastic container?
Time is of the essence!
Why is it taking so long for you to
respond to this straightforward question?
From: Gary S. Gevisser
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:18 PM
To: 'Terry, Steve'
Subject: RE: Steve - I have not opened the sealed envelope containing
the gold that was recovered.
Was one gold coin part of what was recovered?
From: Terry, Steve
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 7:38 PM
To: Gary S. Gevisser
Subject: RE: Steve - I have not opened the sealed envelope containing
the gold that was recovered.
I cannot tell you the exact weight but what is in the envelope is
what was recovered.
From: Gary S. Gevisser [mailto:gevisser@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Sat 4/28/2007 1:39 PM
To:
Subject: Steve - I have not opened the sealed envelope containing the
gold that was recovered.
I thought it best that I leave it unopened so that when I make my claim there will be no doubt as to what Janet handed over to me.
In feeling the contents it seems like there is a 1 oz gold coin.
Is that the case?
From: Terry, Steve
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 4:39 PM
To: Gary S. Gevisser
Subject: RE: Steve - just to confirm. I will try getting to the airport
prior to 2 PM today.
Thank you Janet is expecting you.
From: Gary S. Gevisser [mailto:gevisser@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Fri 4/27/2007 2:24 PM
To:
Subject: Steve - just to confirm. I will try getting to the airport
prior to 2 PM today.
From:
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 10:05 AM
To: Gary S. Gevisser
Subject: RE:
Maybe. What
is it about?
From: Gary S. Gevisser [mailto:gevisser@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 5:15 PM
To:
Subject: