"We think its ludicrous to check the little old lady with a walker. I bet if in some case the lady was used to smuggle something on board - everyone would be yelling "Those idiots they should check everone." The security folks are in somewhat of a can't win situation."

Sigh,

The argument fails for a simple reason every time.

You could make what if's about anything if you want. What if the food onboard is poisoned? What if the fuel is tampered with?
What if the tires are spiked? What if the pilot is wearing a bomb stuffed up his left nostril?

Get it? I can make these up all day long. there is no way to truly secure such an open environment short of instituting the same protective measures for Air Force One for any other aircraft and that, is simply cost prohibitive. Cannot be done.

What can be done, is to focus MORE of the limited resources on more likely avenues of vulnerability. Older women with walkers are NOT as much of a threat as young men. Move beyond the politically correct "everyone is an equal threat" to the more reality based apprach of threat escalation.

Regards,
-Bouncer-