Originally Posted by dand99

Do you know how many false alarms there are ? And how many captures ?
Your "personal experience" hardly constitutes statistical proof.



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.