Since the Christmas Day "terror attack" the Airline industry has been going mental, back-pedaling, after the fact, and trying to protect us NOW that it's already happened.
I think I heard that the new "Homeland Security" (hate that term, don't you?) crack-down on Flight Security insists that each passenger can only take ONE bag on board , which has to be stored in an overhead bin, and CANNOT BE ACCESSED FOR THE ENTIRE FLIGHT!
Plus, you can't use one of their crappy little airplane blankets any more either (weapons could be hidden underneath it), or have anything on your lap, AND no going to the bathroom, or reading a book in the last hour before landing (because THAT is the ONLY time a terrorist would choose to attack, right?).
Maybe they should work on beefing up PRE-FLIGHT Screening instead. I hear that episodes like this just don't happen in some places. I read that Israel's planes are very safe. What's their secret? I heard they have five security checkpoints in the airport before you even get near an actual plane.
That would be a hassle, I know, but maybe they could do some other stuff earlier, so that there isn't so much need for monitoring passengers who have already boarded.
Maybe they could develop new technology, so more could be done with ex-rays and scans, and there would be less of a need for the endless manual removal of toiletries by Airport Security Guards (who are underpaid, btw, and therefore are not usually very engaged in doing a proper job).
They tend to throw the stuff on the conveyor belt, or run the wand up and down your clothes, without ever really looking into your eyes to access your their state of mind, and intuit if there might be a danger present (like that old guy might be a terrorist).
I say we encourage research and development of more invasive spy-wear (did I just SAY that???), so that I don't have to freeze my bottom off when I ride on an airplane, yeah, that makes sense...a simple trade-off. Right.
Are these new regulations asking too much of innocent passengers? What do you think?
And BTW, one man working on his own is classified as a terrorist attack? Even though the act has now been "claimed" by a terrorist group, even so, are we certain about their actual involvement in it yet? I'm just sayin' - our government likes to keep us in a constant state of anxiety, no matter which party is in power. It's way easier to pass freedom-limiting legislation if the populace is all occupied with their "fear of another terror attack".
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