Originally Posted by amarain
My favorite Onion article of all time: FAA Considering Passenger Ban
Seeking to address "the number-one threat to airline security," the Federal Aviation Administration announced Monday that it will consider banning passengers on all domestic and international commercial flights.
"In every single breach of security in recent years, whether it was an act of terrorism or some other form of crime, it was a passenger who subverted the safety systems on board the aircraft or in the terminal," FAA administrator Marion Blakey said. "Even threats that came in the form of explosives inside baggage were eventually traced back to a ticketed individual. As great a revenue source as they have been, passengers simply represent too great a risk to the airline industry."
I agree.
It's not the weapons, bombs, cuticle shears, shoes or knitting needles per se that are causing the problem. Let those items remain on the planes.
We need to quit focusing on "things" and go after the real root cause of terrorism.
People.
Ban them from all flights and the problem is solved. This is a plain, simple and straight-forward solution that has been under our nose all the time.
And it took The Onion to point it out.