[Release]

I have just finished traveling by air over the holiday and it was the most humuliating experience in my life. I have never seen the inside of a police station in my life yet I when I walked through a metal detector I set of the alarm I was frisked and and nothing was found. According to the guard it was the buckles on my shoe which set it off. I got to the plane and not one of the four planes I flew on had metal doors on the cockpit. Lets start with the basics in life. For the cost of the 50,000+ people they have hired the planes could have been redesigned to eliminate what happen on 9/11. Instead the government built a system to let the criminals win and mess over the ordinary citizen.

[Theo]

Lighten up, my friend. We live in a new world. I've flown to Paris, London, Arizona and other places in the past year, and being frisked and questioned just gives me convidence that they're looking closely.

I also live near an air force base, and while some people get upset at the sound of jets taking off, I consider it the sound of freedom. Do you see the connection between "inconvenience" and freedom/security? Do you see any alternatives to close monitoring?

[discostu]

Pretty tame life you've led if getting frisked once was the most humiliating experience of your life. Like so many of the "horror tales" I've heard since 9-11 your "shameful experience" has all the same actions event security put heavy metal concert goers through every day. Also the same thing that happens coming back form Mexico if you wear a tie-dye shirt and have nothing to claim. It's just a pat down.

Any kind of redesign on the planes will be grandfathered in via plane replacement and maybe other overhauls. Same way any safety feature gets implemented. Grounding significant portions of the fleet to strengthen the cockpit door just ain't gonna happen, the air industry is shakey enough as it is.