Dangerous and flawed reasoning:

Question: So just where do you draw the line? Hey, why not put an armed government agent in everyone's home. Just thing of all the victims of domestic violence that we could save. It's worth a little inconvienience, isn't it? Think of the Children! Etc, etc.... Or what about this, why not have an armed marshal sitting behind each and every passenger with a gun to the back of their head for the entire duration of the flight? Sure it's uncomfortable and a bother but hey, isn't it worth it to make sure we are all safe? Why stop at three hour delays at the airport? Why not go for five or 10? Who cares if what we have right now is bringing the industry and the economy to its knees, especially in the business travel sector where no one has time to spend six hours a day a airports. Why not have citizens submit travel permit papers 30 days in advance of travel so that authorities can do background checks and get your fingerprints. That would probably speed things up slightly at the airport. Would that make you feel safer? Let's just get government approval before we travel. After all, government knows best. And soon the baggage screeners will be Federal, so we can all breathe a sigh of relief and concentrate on other areas of concern. HA HA.. By the way, last time I checked, the FBI, CIA, NSA, FAA, INS, and Customs were all Federal Employees and they didn't stop this from happening. I'm not blaming them, I'm just saying that making screeners Federal doesn't make anything better, and I beleive in this case it will make things worse. Worse not in terms of just safety and security, but also in terms of quality, and passenger service.