Do you know how many false alarms there are ? And how many captures ?
Your "personal experience" hardly constitutes statistical proof.
Originally Posted by
PhlyingRPh
I doubt it, and am surprised anyone could believe what you just conjectured - that there are just as many captures as there are false alarms? I might be misunderstanding what you mean. Anyway, based on my personal experience as someone who fits the stereotype of someone who likes to blow stuff up, I can categorically state that 100% of all pant wetters have been incorrect 100% of the time - an astoundingly poor record.
I'm quite happy with the odds that there are virtually no mischief makers attempting to do what most people think they are going to do, and if they do attempt to do it, I am perfectly content knowing that most of the time (but not all of the time), they will be smashed to a pulp by other passengers before completing what they set out to do. I don't really care about the 0.0000010% chance that they might be successful. I have a life to live.
I cannot understand your being happy with the odds - part of the reason there are so few attempts is, yes, airport security - which you are quite happy for pax to circumvent. You're seriously suggesting we can rely on other passengers to save the day when a terrorist is on board with a weapon ? How many times has this happened as compared to the number of successful attacks ?
Airport security may suck - but if you want to fly, you agree to be undergo a check as they see fit. If you choose to circumvent the check (by placing something in your pocket) and someone alerts security - you bear responsibility for your actions.
While I fully agree that 99.9+% of cases may be false alarms, I believe that's a fair price to pay for the small precentage of cases possibly preventing a disaster.