Originally Posted by
N9373M
I agree, to a point. If the undie bomber took down the jet, would your thoughts change?
All this 4th amendment stuff is good, until we lose an aircraft.
It's a tough call.
I don't know of a single post on these forums that doesn't advocate screening passengers...but we need to be screening intelligently. What we're currently doing (the TSA that is) is just for show. I give you for evidence/exhibit A, just last week the ink jet printer cartridge bombs. New this week? No ink jet printer cartridges allowed on the aircraft. This is exactly the reaction post 9/11--"Oh! we can't have box cutters on aircraft anymore". The TSA is either reactionary, or completely overboard on their "preemptive" measures. Screen....but do it smart.
Chuck