that has always been ElAl's view of the situation...we have just had 3 breaches at the TPA airport which have been interesting to see from the sidelines---TPA is unique in that, although it uses people-movers from a landside terminal to airsides, the security in on the airside, not the landside (as in MCO, ATL, etc). Each of the airsides is dominated by one airline (AA, DL, CO, NW) and they are responsible for the security there. They are separately contracted for (so you have 4 different security groups). They are talking about having to spend $1M to improve security there.

You are right, though, about how uneven security is.