Originally Posted by
law dawg
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.
Disagree. They made a much bigger deal out of the liquid explosives plot and continue to maintain that it's a high threat despite its own actions and scientific evidence to the contrary.
Not only does it make things a big deal, it likes to keep them a big deal. Mandatory shoe carnivals anyone?