We need to always be on the red alert for any threats to any plane [IE, read: innocent people], anywhere. Good post. Keep the level of vigilance and intelligence at the forefront, at all times. Keep watching. Remain on alert, 24/7, 365. Threats are increasing, not subsiding. Citizens are key to homeland defense. Now, more that ever. Watch out for AQ’s A.S. On the loose.
We were visiting New Zealand from Canada in February 2007. We noticed how lax security was for domestic flights. When we were leaving Auckland for Hawaii, we went through the first level of lax security - passengers walking through with coffee cups, shoes on, cursory glance at carry-on bags, metal detector set low. There was a secondary level of security for planes flying to Hawaii - dump the liquids, shoes off, wanding every passenger even after going through the metal detector. They definitely need to increase the level of security for domestic flights.