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LHR/MEL/Europe FF
I would much rather have people's hair touched than risk explosives being carried on board under a wig/turban/other head covering.
Can someone please explain how else you check these places without touching them?
No 'intimacy issue' is worth an explosive decompression at 35,000 feet, or death.
It's irrelevant whether they have caught someone or not yet. We don't know when the first incident will happen.
Perhaps the solution is to have a two tiered system. Planes with security, and planes without. I know which one I'd rather be on. And i know which one would make the more likely target for someone wishing to bring the plane down.
I don't get the need to stroke someone's face though. I would still like to see the written links that the OP mentioned to see the circumstances under which this happened.
I find myself in the odd position of agreeing with you. I, too, think it would nice to have security/no security choice. You and I would just end up on different flights.
As it is now, you can have your choice, while I can not.