Originally Posted by
Tom M.
and an article regarding screening of cargo
The report raises "legitimate concerns," as the TSA is under congressional mandate to tighten scrutiny of the 12 million pounds of cargo carried each day alongside luggage in passenger planes, said House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss.
Well there is an interesting number. Two million pax fly domestic per day, sitting on 12 million pounds of cargo. Six pounds of cargo per pax. Assuming TSA is up to about 85% cargo screening, that is about one pound of unscreened cargo per pax on every flight today. One pound is the weight of the pint bottle of Poland Springs High Explosive Spring Water the TSO stole from the pax and threw in the Rubbermaid Grey Plastic Hazardous Waste and Bomb Disposal Trash Can Unit at the checkpoint.
Which presents a greater risk to the pax, a bottle of "water" carried by a fellow pax, or the one pound of unscreened cargo 12 inches under his feet?
TSA, PV,
Rong, and Blogdad Bob cannot aswer that question, as it would cause them to actually discuss Risk Management instead of Knee Jerk Reaction to Pseudo Chemistry by British High School Dropout Jihad Wannabees.