Originally Posted by
skylady
What is the alternative to no TSA? back to private, or careless at best? Do you think independent would be better, or worse? Neither one will prohibit the next attempt, but would it make it that much easier for you to travel ?
Now that cockpit doors are essentially impenetrable and flight-crew protocols prevent a hijacker from taking control of a plane, I see no
fundamental reason why airplanes need to be any safer than, say, shopping malls. Therefore, I would have no more "security" than exists at a typical shopping mall. I might actually dismantle the whole airport apparatus, except for the x-ray machines, and rely on FAMs to provide security in the air. I would continue to x-ray checked baggage for bombs. The rest is unnecessary.
Bruce