Airport security

[dphilli1]

ok, this is just dumb...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3810117.stm

They want to make it so you can pay to get throught the security faster. So what happens when some rich terrorist mole pays his/her way onto a plane and blows it up becuase the TSA felt that $$$=not a threat?

Comments

[psocoptera.livejournal.com]

Ah, I assumed it would be more like a "cut to the front" pass - you're still subject to the same screening process (which may or may not be useful anyways, but that's another issue) but there's a designated queue for pass owners and fewer people in it because the price keeps people out. Sort of like how first class sometimes gets their own queue at the security check now.

Actually

[ultranurd.livejournal.com]

I think that this is a good idea - combined with proper profiling for the privileged passengers. My mom travels at least twice a month, if not more, and she would love to have some sort of express lane.

The fact is, the chances of a terrorist attack on an airplane were incredibly low before 9-11, and they're still low, now matter what policies the TSA has enacted to help improve security.

On top of that, now that people are aware of the possibility of using a commercial jetliner as a flying bomb, I don't think terrorists would be very successful doing it again. In the meantime, the new security policies are just inconveniencing millions of fliers, and hurting an industry already propped up by the government more than Amtrak.