Originally Posted by sbrower
So, what evidence do you have that the SOP should *not* be followed? Proof of damage (non-anecdotal) to video tape from exposure to scanners? Proof that ETD scan will detect blades hidden inside a videotape?
(I am not supporting the SOP, as I said above. Rather, I want to know if you have *any* factual basis for your objection to the SOP.)
I don't object to the SOP. I initially misunderstood what SOP was, and thought that it was NOT being followed at LAS.
Now that I understand what the purported SOP is, I object to people who follow the SOP, but don't understand why the SOP is the way it is.
All I've asked of the SOP supporters here is to explain NOT why they follow the SOP (it's their job, duh), but why the SOP is the way it is.
Having been somewhat involved with the security for more than a few high security special events (think a ball being dropped on a building around the end of December), I can't imagine implementing security requirements without understanding what those requirements meant, and why it was important to follow them.
An as far as blades being hidden the video cassettes, a walk with the box through the magnometer would solve that - I'm pretty sure a genuine tape is all plastic.