Posted on 08/10/2006 11:48:06 AM PDT by WmShirerAdmirer
There are a number of security risks.
The guy who unbundles the newspapers at the newsstand within the gates already has a boxcutter.
The people who prep the plane between flights can leave something on a plane in the cabin or wheelwell.
Add to this "security" guards who were stealing items from luggage being screened. What's to stop them from putting something (like an explosive device) INTO luggage? Obviously there isn't enough oversight to keep their hands 100% clean.
Annie Jacobsen wrote about this a while back after watching them in action.
http://www.womenswallstreet.com/columns/column.aspx?aid=578
we need to concerned about anyone who has
easy and unscrutinized access to any areas
of planes. deadbolting the front door but
leaving the backdoor hanging wide open is
just not doing anything for my sense of
personal security.
and what about the bathrooms? Can they make them with see through walls? I'm serious. could they have it so when seated you have privacy but otherwise we have a clear view of what people are doing in there?
And timers are needed too. Unless you have medical/bowel problems of some kind, you shouldn't be in the potty very long. This may be something to consider.
Why do you need an expert to tell you this, particularly right after the London plot was busted?
Heck with some explosives, you don't even need an electrical circuit to set it off. I strong blow can set off a lot of stuff.
They make announcments about attempts to tamper with the smoked detector in the bathroom. Not sure how much of that is triggered with such devices.
Never thought of that. Ugh!
Frosted showerglass in a bathroom. The stewardess can observe that you aren't messing with the walls.
I've been thinking about the restrooms too. They need to become much safer. Timers are a good idea. Don't know how to handle the privacy issue, but I hope someone somewhere is working on it.
There are public toilets on the streets of some cities that automatically open the door after Xminutes.
In part to keep junkies from using them.
[...a determined, intelligent group of people can probably come up with a way to bring down an airplane, regardless of TSA...]
This is correct. There is NO POSSIBLE WAY to ensure security of the public as long as there exists a group of zealots determined to kill the innocent, without regard to the consequences. Eliminating the source of the threat is the only answer.
"Are the airlines going to service you on board?"
Depending on the stewardess, I probably wouldn't mind all that much...
There is no privacy in a dressing room. People are watching through the mirror.
Don't know what an airplane bathroom offers that a department store dressing room doesn't.
Yep. SOME PEOPLE ruined it for everybody.
Yeah my ex military coworker was saying how he could go thru security empty handed and buy enough stuff in the shops to construct a bomb onboard, and all it would have to do is cause a fire over the Atlantic and it's all over. Wouldn't even have to be a huge explosion.
What's shocking is that this hasn't been attempted before now.
"How long can we live this way?"
As long as you want. Just stay in your home. Lock the doors and never go out, except to shop at stores where no Muslims work.
Don't fly. Don't take the train. Stay off the subway.
Me? I'm going about my normal business, as I have been all along.
"They make announcments about attempts to tamper with the smoked detector in the bathroom."
That's to keep you from disabling it so you can smoke a cigarette. We can't have any filthy smokers on our airplanes, you see.
About time they realize these Islamofascists are serious about killing more Americans. There were articles about putting bombs together onboard a year ago. We'll just have to thank God and the UK and the FBI, everyone involved, Pakistan, too, that we aren't mourning the loss of 3000 Americans plus whomever they hit on ground once planes fell from the sky. Monstrous. Suggestion: Let's name the enemy. Muslims, muslims, muslims. And if so called moderate Muslims think Jihad is justified, then they're not moderate. They're the enemy and should be treated as such.
It's embarrassing and uncomfortable to fly naked, so the airlines will hand out identical jumpsuits and paper booties.
Moslems will still be exempt, because they will complain that it is "against their religion."
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