Why unnecessary? Because no bitty piece of metal -- blade or gun is going to be enough to hijack 99.997% of flights these days. First the hijacker would have to fight off the passengers, then the crew, then survive radical flight manuvuers, and then get access to the cabin where the pilots will fight them off with axes and stun guns, at the least. Thus, it ain't happening even if patdowns, metal detectors and wands were stopped tommorrow.
Moreover they aren't checking for plastic explosives. To do that they'd have to not only do strip searchs but enemas and sinus x-rays. You just can't prevent everything bad, you have to catch the bad guys, and not be so foolishy tolerant. You have to have, maintain and enforce high levels of social expectations, proper, polite behaviour and mores. Then you can trust the citizens -- and profile the rest.
The ONLY thing this current folly of a ridiculous and perverted "security" screening is doing is busting the entire airline industry.
And setting the US up to put what ever remnant left off it -- and all its debt, live or dead -- on the public dole.
While there have been thousands of layoffs, and thousands of lost jobs with defuncted companies in the industry -- the FAA is hiring. Garvey and her capettes in the Agency are not directly harmed by their lousy decisions -- in the short-term.
And damn, they play for appearances, still. They know nothing but PR. Shades of Clinton-spinicity.
Say this to Garvey and the Garvettes -- There is NO diversity in a bankrupt industry, and there can be NO diverse, best-workplace FAA is there if no industry.
I agree totally.
The new measures have nothing to do with security, and everything to do with giving the "powers that be" the mere impression that they are still in control; and with creating a submissive mindset among the populace.
Agree; and probably the intended result of the Liberal inspiration to much of this. Could be in the end, the Federal Government might 'own' an industry. . .Libs do seem to h ave a different take on what it means to 'lose'.
That said, all we need is a reasonable check-in policy going through security; maybe a few dogs outside for arriving passengers. . .add dogs in waiting areas; just 'checkin' things out before boarding. . .keeps perpetrators on edge and could alert for those substances not picked up by 'wand'. . .
. . .oh a camera's on board, panning all crews servicing planes. Then just put receiving monitors in all lounge and gate areas. . .would beat out CNN anytime.
. . .and of course, ARM the pilots. . .PLEASE
Do not want Libs to 'win' while America loses. . .but right now, they are scoring. . .