Originally Posted by
joshwex90
Loathe as I am to just say that the government should be spending more and more money, this is a simple one - if the security requirements are set by the government AND fall on all Israeli airlines, not just LY, then the government should be covering it. Practically, that's the Foreign Ministry as they are responsible for overseas activity, even if it ends up being a pass-through to the Defense Ministry or PMO.
This happens in
every gov't ministry. If the Ministry of Communications comes out with a new regulation for data retention, or blocking pornography to minors, the cost of implementing it falls on the Internet Service Providers, which are free to add another few agurot to the end consumer bill - all with the backing of the Ministry. Same holds true for new building regulations or restaurant regulations. The Israeli gov't loves to add new regulations without thought of the implied cost. No ministry will subsidize building companies, or restaurants or ISPs.
Same too here. If the gov't edicts certain security regulations, it is assumed that the company has to handle the burden of the cost. I don't necessarily agree with it but that is how Israeli regulations have been managed for the past 25 years.