Posted on 08/13/2006 8:39:23 AM PDT by robert jones
One way to end terrorism on airplanes would be to have separate planes for baggage. With a minimal crew and no one else on board, an inexpensive baggage plane would not be a very attractive terrorist target. Without baggage the passenger plane would be as safe from internal attack as possible. Terrorists could only sneak on board with nonmetallic objects that they have swallowed or that they can, um, stuff up their rectums.
A simple-minded implementation of such a scheme would be to halve the number of passenger flights, an inconvenience that many would put up with for the sake of eliminating the inconvenience currently attending the flying experience. Our free enterprise system, however, would surely find improvements.
With the air traffic as heavy as it is already.. and with the price of fuel.. I can't see that being a solution.
That sounds great, but with the cost of fuel no one would be willing to spend the extra costs.
It would also double the cost of a trip. A better and cheaper solution would be to register all Muslims, and strip search every one of them before they board. Then, place a limit of 4 adult Muslims per plane.
No passengers no bombs. Brilliant!
I think you underestimate where the main costs of running an airliner come from - I don't think it's stewardesses!
A much simpler solution would be for everyone to pack their luggage and take it to the airport as usual and check it in. Instead of being loaded onto the plane, the luggage then remains at the airport and arriving passengers are randomly allocated a suitcase. The people leaving, of course, will be allocated a suitcase that has been checked in at their destination airport.
Actually, that happens quite a lot of the time now...
And the cost of an airline ticket would be ...
Simple-minded is right.
How did you just eliminate half of the passengers?
(A) A terrorism expert figured out how much plastic explosive a man or woman could smuggle in body cavities.
(B) This assumes that the people who service the plane have not been infiltrated by terrorist cells. We KNOW that there are theives in among the people who hand inspect luggage, I have no illusion of total security among the staffing. And whether it is a bomb or sabotage, the result would be the same.
(C) These are precautions that are unnecessary if the root problem is eradicated. We have no more threat from Nazism. Too much of the world accepts militant Islam for there to be peace.
A better and cheaper solution would be to keep all muslim-islamist-arabs off of all planes. No muslims. No terriorism. No exploding planes.
The introduction of internet reservations has made it so that just about every plane is filled to the max as it is. Cutting that in half to accomodate a 2nd plane following with baggage would not satisfy America's necessity to fly. The cost of fuel on a plane is offset by the passengers. Sending planes empty would more than double the cost of to passengers. I just don't see how it could work. It would be a good idea from a safety standpoint but, the cost would make it impossible. JMHO
We could also fly naked, sedated, and stuffed into containers while connected to an IV drip.
I bet we could quadruple the number of passengers this way... If not more.
This system isn't foolproof - someone can convert to Islam after getting Certified, for example - but it will be much more effective than other current suggestions.
Good idea, punish the perps not the innocents. I would go a step further and forbid any muslims(registered) from flying. Let them take a boat or drive to their destination. We are going about this all wrong. If they want to fly again let them clean up their death cult or disavow it altogether.
In the long run, the cost of the trip would be less because you're moving the same load but in a manner that allows you to take advantage of the different cargo types.
It's unfortunate that our present passenger planes are designed to carry baggage AND passengers.
How do you propose to identify a person's religion? And then how do you plan to constitutionally discriminate against members of that religion?
Yeah, that makes sense. Flying two planes to the same destination HAS to be cheaper than flying just one.
The idea is this: Instead of flying twice a day between city X and city Y requiring two planes, you fly once a day also requiring two planes, but with all the passengers on one and all the baggage on the other. This actually saves money, but at the inconvenience of half as many flight times.
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