This was more of test...to see if anything would be noticed. The trick is....you don’t aim for one group getting on one airline...you want several groups getting on several flights. So you are hunting for the least capable TSA airport. My guess is that they will now turn around and hunt for airports like Jackson, Miss or Huntsville, Al....hoping to find less capable guys.
You are correct...one day...they will find the right airport, and within a week...have 40 people there to get on a couple of flights within a 60-minute block. The only thing they may have guessed wrong about...no one onboard is going to sit and play dummy. The minute you stand to announce your intentions...20 passengers are going to take you down to the ground and probably terminate you before you realize what hit you. We all learned lessons.
That why this is more likely a diversion to make DHS think airline hijackings are still being planned. Thereby redirecting resources away from the search for dirty bombs and border enforcement issues. They have to know that their chances of successfully pulling off another suicide hijacking are tiny.
Excuse me if this has already been suggested, but is it possible not just for a “test”, but for a decoy?
I mean, maybe have more-obvious abusers come through the system to detract from the real direct terrorists who aren’t so stupid?