Originally Posted by
DrBernardo
(...) they mandate further rules to prevent eg more than 100ml of liquid being brought through, despite the inconvenience this causes, and cost of screening. So here the regulator and airlines are acting very conservatively to mitigate risk.
IMHO almost right, just needs a minor tweak:
So here the regulator and airlines are acting very conservatively to appear to be mitigating risk
Certain rules/laws get put in place to make it
look like something is being done, not because something is
actually being done... there is a even a
term for this.
