Presidential Wiring

The Delta airlines guest of honor was President Jimmy Carter today en-route to Atlanta from Baltimore. Flanked by two Mack Truck-looking fellas with $600 oversized Scottevest jackets, President Carter shook hands with everyone aboard the Delta flight.

First they appeared spaced about 3 seats/aisles apart and both wearing those cool jackets and had ear buds dangling with curly cords. Whatever headset these guys were using, required them to lean forward and down as if to speak in the air or towards their inside jacket area. When they did, their visual attention was momentarily distracted. They made a sweep of the plane pretty quickly and before anyone could guess, out came President Carter, shaking hands. Anyone crazy enough to go after a Secret Service agent may go for the dangling curly cord.

So I wonder about the technology these guys are using and still, they are cooler only because they got through airport security without any issues wearing their Scottevests. Not that I need their technology because my iPhone is pretty good by itself, and I'd wonder how the jacket would show under scrutiny to airport security if it has wires channeled through it connecting to numerous geek devices.

The Secret Service guys communicate agent to agent using a tool. Maybe it's not as effective or maybe it's tradition that they don't want to give up -that is turning their head and speaking downward and into their jackets. I guess it is cooler. Maybe it's in part cool and traditional. Either way, anything regarding telephony involving security seems to be recession proof. While this particular market is limited, my bet is security in VoIP isn't.