Something to factor in, is Israeli air traffic is insignificant compared to ours. They don't have a lot of people or airports to deal with. - tom
We also have a lot more security personnel than they do. Their procedures are more efficient and sensible. If we adopted them universally, we would see a lot less of the chaos we're witnessing right now at British airports with cancelled flights and travellers trapped for days on end. But that would require inconveniencing some Muslims, so we're stuck with what we have.
Last I checked El Al had something like 36 or 38 planes in their fleet TOTAL
More planes than that take off out of Santa Ana PER HOUR, I’d bet.
Santa Ana is a relatively small and insignificant airport compared to some others like Atlanta or DFW or whatever.
Yes, if you have a tiny fleet of anything it’ll be much easier to protect.
The people that squeal for having to remove their shoes would really kick up sand if they had to undergo a legitimate interrogation prior to boarding.