Originally Posted by Spiff
The only reason they worked is because people cooperated with terrorists and pilots opened the cockpit doors. Broken wine bottles/glasses would have worked equally as well, as would have martial arts. Now, no one will cooperate with terrorists and the cockpit door will remain closed. Ergo, the continued Great Sharp and Pointy Object Search is an utter waste of time and resources.
So let any knife on then? And we have discussed 9/11 before. People should have stopped "cooperating" after it became apparent what was happening. All evidence points that it did not until United 93.
Martial arts will lose to an edged weapon almost every time, and I say that as a 15 year experienced MA (muy thai, BJJ, JKD).
There have still been no terrorists arrested because they were carrying guns.
That you know of. I know of none either, but that doesn't mean it hasn't happened. Nor does it mean that they haven't been deterred by extra security. It is impossible to prove a negative.