Originally Posted by
s0ssos
Yea, but it is pretty hard to get through even TSA with explosives strapped to your chest.
I think positive bag matching started after 9/11. Which doesn't make sense, because they didn't use their bags to crash the planes.
What you don't get is that many of these "safety rules" don't work for terrorists. They work for people who themselves are afraid to die (when they hurt others). But when you have people who are not afraid to die, the rules don't work anymore.
The whole point of making sure the passenger flies with the bag came after the Air India bombing out of YYZ, so there is a legitimate concern on the terrorism risk. I don't think the international aviation community should undo that lesson learned, and passengers probably won't appreciate a no-show's bag could be sitting right below them on a long international flight.
We can't guarantee terrorists will always use new methods to blow up a plane. The easiest way might be an old trick in the book?