#2 would play havoc with airline routes, and I think would quickly over-congest large costal cities.
I have a rather basic suggestion that follows #4 Several articles have made mention that current screening equipment could have detected this explosive. So, ummm, how about using it more frequently and make sure people are doing things right? OK, the whole body scan raises concerns of privacy, but the swabbing technique could also have picked him up. So, make that a must for everyone. Heck, they've got the equipment deployed even in my small city here in Canada and it doesn't add that much extra time.
But what's going to happen is they're going to over-react and start throwing in all sorts of added layers of restrictions, when basically smarter and slightly more intensive screening under the current system should be sufficient.
And by the way, between Canada and the US, I have to fly to a connecting airport... I get screened at home, then, typically, to clear customs (always done in Canada now it seems), that is typically outside the security zone I think, so once clear of there I often have to go through security at that airport as well, so, my usual Canada-US flight sees me screened twice. Yes, I suppose someone could meet me at the airport there, but then that adds extra layers of planning to any theoretical plot.
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Date: 2009-12-29 04:44 am (UTC)I have a rather basic suggestion that follows #4 Several articles have made mention that current screening equipment could have detected this explosive. So, ummm, how about using it more frequently and make sure people are doing things right? OK, the whole body scan raises concerns of privacy, but the swabbing technique could also have picked him up. So, make that a must for everyone. Heck, they've got the equipment deployed even in my small city here in Canada and it doesn't add that much extra time.
But what's going to happen is they're going to over-react and start throwing in all sorts of added layers of restrictions, when basically smarter and slightly more intensive screening under the current system should be sufficient.
And by the way, between Canada and the US, I have to fly to a connecting airport... I get screened at home, then, typically, to clear customs (always done in Canada now it seems), that is typically outside the security zone I think, so once clear of there I often have to go through security at that airport as well, so, my usual Canada-US flight sees me screened twice. Yes, I suppose someone could meet me at the airport there, but then that adds extra layers of planning to any theoretical plot.