Originally Posted by
cordelli
I don't know about it being an over reaction (though I'm not really sure where that door led). If the emergency exit opended to a non secure area, then it was not an over reaction to screen the terminal.
Sure it was a mistake, this time. But anybody can claim that. Bad person waiting behind door, little old lady "accidently" opens it, bad person gets in.
The over reaction is going after this guy for the mistake. A proper reaction would be to have all these areas have two doors, so that even if one if breached there is still another door.
We were driving by a dog grooming place recently. It was in a small building with a front door, and around the front door, maybe five feet out, was a fence. It looked silly, but it's intent was obvious, should a dog get out the door, it's not going to be able to get to the street, because there's a secondary barrier.
We protect dogs better then we even try to do airports.
Oh give me a break. This case, just like most other "security" nonsense, is just another example of a price of protection that doesn't equate to the risk. I'm willing to bear whatever increased risk we would have if we simply had a security guard check out a door breech and check camera tapes to avoid having terminals dumped and our transport system retarded. I'm willing to bear the extra risk of terrorist attack to keep my shoes on, keep the liquids I want with me, and not have nudie pics of me seen by someone willing to take a $15/hr job looking at a computer screen. Our country has lowered itself to the point where we are so risk adverse that we put ourselves through all this stupidity to combat a threat that is a small fraction of the risk we accept when we get in a car.
Originally Posted by
TSORon
OH MY GOD I AM SO SCARED NOW!!!!!! I COULD TOTALLY GET SUCKED IN TO THE ENGINE OF A FIGHTER JET AFTER WORKING ON THE NOSE GEAR IF I DARE GO OUT AN EMERGENCY EXIT IN TO A CREW REST AREA AT JFK!!!! THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING ME.
Sheesh.