Originally Posted by
LuvAirFrance
Now what I'm wondering is: Given what airline management has learned from the incident, is there any reason they will ever again mindlessly ignore potential threats? Will passengers ever again feel comfortable when the emphasis is on speedily boarding them, whatever the cost?
I'm hard pressed to think of an example of an
airline mindlessly ignoring a potential threat. Quite the opposite; the number of disruptions caused by patently obvious hoaxes must be in the thousands.
Only possibility is that cockpit access should have been addressed long ago after two fatal intrusions and numerous hijacks.
(Aside: I'd use the photo of John Testrake for emphasis, except that it's a fake. Maybe. http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/200...in-beirut.html ).. That was an FAA issue but the airlines could have done it on their own initiative (El Al), and if you want to point to someone dropping the ball on pre-9/11 security that would have to be the FAA. Not the airlines. Not Argenbright etc..
I'm comfortable with a speedy boarding process since I do not believe the TSA has a hope in hell of detecting and disrupting a genuine attack by a competent terrorist(s).