Originally Posted by
goalie
Agreed that airport workers need to be screened to exact standards as travelers ^ as after all, when was the last time a pax was arrested for smuggling guns or massive (n.b. massive) quantities of drugs
come on, pax successfully smuggle drugs and other contraband into the US on a daily if not hourly basis. And on average one person is arrested daily even for "massive" quantities, (although perhaps not everyone considers 9lbs of smack "massive."
This one just recently:
http://www.loudountimes.com/news/art...les_airport898
and EVERY time an airport worker has been arrested for smuggling guns past the checkpoint so, too, has at least one passenger been arrested.
No one argues that one of the greatest vulnerabilities is an insider generated or assisted attack.
But quite seriously, since (and even before) 9/11 in Europe and in North America it is only the folks that
have gone through security screening that have been the ones that have actually attacked airplanes. No airport worker in the US (and Europe, I believe) has been charged with conspiring to, or actually providing material aid or assistance in an actual attack on aviation.
So, you know, draw your own conclusions.