Originally Posted by
747FC
I am suggesting that I'd rather not be flying with people bringing unknown liquids into the plane, or --for that matter-- bringing even short knives into the plane. It is a known fact that unregulated liquids and box cutters have brought down planes. Really bad guys are out to get us, and those bad guys are not federal intelligence or law enforcement agents, but terrorists who are quite creative.
So you are either saying you know more than the former head of TSA (LGA restrictions instituted on his watch), with all his inside knowledge or you really think that he would advocate anything that would compromise aviation security?
With all due respect, if it comes to genuine security assessments (very conservative), I will trust that the former head of TSA knows what he's talking about. If he says that the LGA restrictions need to go and that TSA has means of ensuring that liquids are safe, that's good enough for me.