Originally Posted by GUWonder
X interviewed, with Y percentage of X being a credible threat to the security of a plane, with only Z percentage of Y "caught" (or "flagged" in any seriously meaningful way). If 10-100 times the number of people talked about in the most publicized anecdotes equated with the number of people that are Z percentage of Y, may we still be talking about a waste? Perhaps.
Yikes, I used to think I was good in math in school... but I'm so glad I don't have to deal with this stuff in real life.