Originally Posted by
Points Scrounger
A good point. I wanted to chime in here to forstall any replies along the lines of: "You don't know what's been thwarted 'behind the scenes'." This Administration touts every single remote possibility so, actually, I feel confident that any TSA "thwarted" attack would've been announced to justify themselves.
(Apologies to mods if that's dipping a toe or two into Lake Omni)
Yes and no. The government DOWNPLAYS any incident on commercial flights. Its not in the airline's best interest to have bad publicity like this. It keeps people from flying. And the airline lobby is one of the strong ones. They have deep pockets.