Originally Posted by wldtrvlr
First of all, the only connection I can make between this article being on Flyertalk and actual travel safety/security is the assumption that our rights are being trampled at every turn in the "name" of security. The biggest example currently available is the travel industry, specifically the Airports and TSA. Therefore I don't know that this article and conversation should be on this board.
I should probably clarify why I posted the article.
I travel through Delta's DFW terminal a bit and at present it's under renovation. Also used SEA C and D pier alot when they were being widened and modernized. So the picture of loose wires dangling (from the incomplete false ceiling areas) is vivid in my mind when it comes to my air travels.
I won't go into the back pack sitting behind the TSA checkpoint at IAH-B last summer. I did get a cop who (suprise!) blew me off for paying attention to a TSA employee's lunch.
Given the sloppiness of the typical American airport and other transportation facilities be they under construction or not, (Boston's Red Line's South Station subway stop is a current example) I wonder if the bomb squad need to be summoned each and every time I come across any "dangling wires".