Originally Posted by
JakiChan
Do you think people should be allowed to fly anonymously? I suppose that's one way to go, but I would think that if you have no idea who the passengers are then you do have to treat them all as terrorists. Otherwise when the terrorist DOES get on board and blow the plane up I'm sure the people will scream "Why didn't the government do something?"
Yes, I do. As far as the government is concerned, absolutely. Keep in mind that just because you deny the government the right to track your movement using id's, iris scanners, fingerprints, etc., the pax on the aircraft are not anonymous. The airline knows who you are, and has already matched your name against the NFL(something that needs an overhaul, but that's another topic) through the TSA.
How exactly is a terrorist without a gun or explosive device going to bring down an airplane anyways?