Comment by hosteur
15 hours ago
I have a rock that keeps tigers away. For 30 years I have not encountered any tigers. That’s a pretty good record.
15 hours ago
I have a rock that keeps tigers away. For 30 years I have not encountered any tigers. That’s a pretty good record.
You should market the rock with a track record like that
To answer the parent question, no not even close.
TSA direct costs, passenger time wasted, flights missed, items confiscated.
All so no bombs on planes. But somehow also no bombs at sports events or music concerts, or on trains or subways, or courthouses or....
So the TSA is either stunningly successful or a complete waste. I'd argue a complete waste, but hey, everyone in a TSA uniform drawing a paycheck us entitled to a different opinion.
It's just not bombs that are a danger. You really don't want anyone to set the airplane on fire either, or start shooting people or holes into the fuselage.
AFAIK America has had plenty of shootings, and probably arson attacks too over that time period.
Other then https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Northern_Airlines_Flight... how often has anyone ever set fire to a plane (not counting bombs that caused fires). Is there even a single other example.
I agree on guns, but you can probably deal with that with much lower intensity security.
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> But somehow also no bombs at sports events or music concerts, or on trains or subways, or courthouses or....
Boston marathon? The Madrid train bombings? 7/7? Ariana Grande?
Airport security has been stunningly successful.
But we don't have intense security checks at concerts, trains, or at marathon events as a result, do we?
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