Chechen women were suspected of hiding explosives IN their private parts when they took down a couple of Russian jets a couple years ago. We can do full body cavity searches, too. I mean, what's the answer except to stop flying?
Frankly, if all they need is a bottle of Gatorade and a timer, I'm absolutely stunned that they would even bother with airports when there are subway systems and railways throughout America packed with riders and zero security. But then it occured to me that taking down planes would put a huge dent in our economic lifestyle too...
Bingo.
People either have to accept the fact that there is some risk to flying and instead of getting batshit stupid or you get to the point where you might as well shutdown the airlines. Quite frankly, the risk of death on an airplane is less than driving even if you amortize the terrorism risks.
Risks can only be managed, not eliminated. Fixating obsessively on statistically inconsequential risks is very destructive even when those risks do not materialize. The hyperventilating is causing more real problems for real people than the activity that caused it. The intelligence services seem to be doing a good job of managing that risk without making air travel so grossly unappealing that no one wants to fly any more.