BombTaxi
Tech Sergeant
I think that in the UK at least, airport security measures since 9/11 have done absolutely nothing to improve security. The bombs found at East Midlands airport a few weeks ago prove Les' point that the rules are reactionary - we should have thought about bombs on cargo flights years before 9/11, but instead we make people take thier shoes off 
I wonder if the 'shoe bomb' and the 'underwear bomb' were ever meant to go off. If I were Al-Qaida's top bod, the disruption these two 'failures' have caused to hundreds of millions of travellers since 9/11 would be worth far more than actually killing 5-600 folks aboard the two airliners. I recently flew to another EU country and back, and the security was massively disruptive, invasive, and ultimately ineffective. I had to smile when I was required to put my cigarette lighter in a clear bag. OK, so you can see I have it. But how does that make the plane safer? If I have it, I can still use it, so whether I put it in a clear plastic bag or not makes what difference?
I wonder if the 'shoe bomb' and the 'underwear bomb' were ever meant to go off. If I were Al-Qaida's top bod, the disruption these two 'failures' have caused to hundreds of millions of travellers since 9/11 would be worth far more than actually killing 5-600 folks aboard the two airliners. I recently flew to another EU country and back, and the security was massively disruptive, invasive, and ultimately ineffective. I had to smile when I was required to put my cigarette lighter in a clear bag. OK, so you can see I have it. But how does that make the plane safer? If I have it, I can still use it, so whether I put it in a clear plastic bag or not makes what difference?
