Better be in date when traveling comercial! (TSA)

[DiverDanH2O 0]

Out of morbid curiosity, how exactly would you have dealt with the issue of airline security after a terrorist cell had bypassed the system in place, gained control of four different aircraft, and then killed some 4,000 people, and as an after effect put tens of thousands of people out of work, and the entire country into finacial termoil. I just gotta know what the all inclusive answer is.

I'm not saying the TSA is perfect, far from it (I work in the safety department of an airline, we are not friends).

But the situation required an immediate reaction. Terrorists look for and exploit opportunity whether it is in the reserve container or a baby's diaper, or in a grandmothers purse. In one huge incident aircraft were proven to the entire world to be a great terrorist weapon. The idea is to make things more difficult for a terorist to get on or take over an aircraft. Unfortunately that equates to a minor inconveniece for the traveling public, but if it helps to prevent another 911..........Why Not?

It's easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

[billvon 3,120]

>Out of morbid curiosity, how exactly would you have dealt with the
> issue of airline security after a terrorist cell had bypassed the
> system in place, gained control of four different aircraft, and then
> killed some 4,000 people, and as an after effect put tens of
> thousands of people out of work, and the entire country into finacial
> termoil.

Beefed up the system that's there; you'd get the same result with a lot less cost.

This probably belongs more in Talkback, but if Al Qaeda tried that again today, they would STILL be able to smuggle boxcutters aboard an airplane. The TSA's brought nothing new to the party there. The one thing that would stop them (if anything) is that passengers won't be stopped by boxcutters any more.

In fact this does belong in Talkback so I'll move it there.