<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Spiff:
Once again, a good class-action lawsuit for this gross act of stupidity is called for here. Every $%#@ing time, it's "shut down the airport". I'm so glad I'm not flying in February.
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I don't think you can really say that. While it may be unlikely that anything got through the faulty machine, something may have. Clearing the terminal and rescreening is clearly the correct way to recitify the situation.
This is always going to be a case of ****ed if you do, ****ed if you don't. If they hadn't rescreened everyone and a bomb had gotten in through faulty equipment, you'd be complaining to anyone that would listen that they should have cleared the terminal and rescreened everyone. If they did clear the terminal and rescreen and no bomb went off, you'd complain that they needlessly cleared the terminal.
Until we can convert everyone's 20/20 hindsight into 20/20 foresight, it's better to err on the side of safety, if you ask me.
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