Martin Broughton on Airport Security
He’s talking a lot of sense here.
The chairman of British Airways has said some “completely redundant” airport security checks should be scrapped and the UK should stop “kowtowing” to US security demands.
Practices such as forcing passengers to take off their shoes should be abandoned, Martin Broughton said.
And he questioned why laptop computers needed to be screened separately.
As to kowtowing to the United States, I’m with him on that one. After all it could be argued that a lack of basic security checks in US airports allowed the atrocities of September 11th, 2001 to take place.
You defeat terrorism by being smart and getting everyone on side to fight it. Not by alienating all the passengers by pointless checks, that might look good but are worthless!
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October 27, 2010 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Flying, Terrorism, United States
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