Originally Posted by
thadocta
Still doesn't address the issue of this thread (I went off on a tangent, which you are addressing, sorry, trying to drag this back on topic), that some people on board are screened and some aren't.
EVERYONE on board should be screened. If the powers that be determine that some should be armed (and I don't think anyone should be armed, but that is another issue) then let them through screening, but they should still be screened, so that ONLY the authorised armaments are carried on, nothing more.
EVERYONE in the sterile area (even the screeners themselves) should be screened, to ensure the sterile area is, in fact sterile.
As an example, members of the Australian Protective Service (a division of the Australian Federal Police) have to go through screening, they do not have to remove their side-arm, but the rest of the body is screened. (They tend to get wanded, it goes berserk at the waist, due to the sidearm, handcuffs and quick-load ammunition, not to mention the retractable baton). But the fact remains that they are screened. But they are not on board an aircraft.
Don't take this personally, but that is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. (OK, I'll grant you the times right after 9/11 where the military was screened and then given their weapons past the checkpoint
) Why would you trust someone with a firearm aboard an aircraft, but not trust that they wouldn't bring anything "unauthorized" aboard? Other than OC spray, who would know what isn't authorized for me to carry?
I feel the same way for those who have access to, but might not board, an aircraft. What is the difference? If a person has bad intentions, does it matter what weapon is involved? Trust in airline security is like pregnancy; either it's there or it isn't.
There is no sort-of.
Originally Posted by
N965VJ
People in handcuffs are not in that situation for singing too loud in church, but keep in mind that dangerous prisoners are not carried aboard Part 121 aircraft.
Not that we'd ever tell the PIC, anyway. "Habitual jaywalker, this guy will never learn".
As I mentioned before, the transporting officer may not know the offender's full history. I'm sure ICE doesn't always know what the person may have done in their home country.