Originally Posted by
AllieKat
Do you have enough data on Target vs the TSA's competence to establish statistic significance?
TSA is officially unable to distinguish between fluid oz and ounces avoirdupois, and they believe that 3 is the same as 3.4. Yeah, I think that's enough data.
Originally Posted by
mikeef
It tells me that you have touched upon one of the most important but overlooked issues with security: the next attack will not come on a plane. That one's done. Blowing up an aircraft would be a tragedy of immense proportions, but would not lead to the catastrophic losses that we saw on 9/11. And passengers are never going to let a hijacker take control of a plane again.
And indeed, after years of bleating on this board about how terrorists are only interested in targeting the US, and how terrorists are only interested in airplanes, the recent tragic events in France, Nigeria and elsewhere seem to suggest that American airplanes are not the only, or even the prime, target these days.