Aviation Planning Article

"The foundational flaw in our Homeland Security is that Congress, the Administration, the FAA/TSA and the rest of the Washington Peanut Gallery have yet to define, in clear and non-MBA terms, exactly what "security" really is.

Sorry, guys, but security isn't taking nail files, pocket knives, and hygiene items away from common citizens at airport screening points. Security isn't randomly awarding an "SSSS" on a boarding pass to give some lucky passenger a free upper-torso massage in front of the entire airport. Security isn't just trying to stop yesterday's terrorist attack. Security isn't tolerating liars, incompetents, and other lowlifes on the senior management payroll of the FAA and TSA, as is the case today, and one that we've pointed out earlier.

The fact is that what we're experiencing today from Homeland Security is mostly political theatre, not security. They've made the fatal mistake of confusing "safety" with national security. That's because they've never made the effort to define exactly what "national security" really is, beyond not having things blown up by crazy people. They have concluded that "safety" is "security."