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IATA: Replace outdated security
IATA's getting on board! ^
Outdated security systems introduced to combat plane hijackings 40 years ago must be overhauled to address new terrorism threats, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Tuesday. "Today's threats require a different approach and different technology," IATA's director-general Giovanni Bisignani told delegates at the AVSEC aviation security conference in Frankfurt. More: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/eu...ex.html?hpt=C1 |
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"The Americans have taken the lead in deploying the latest technology. We should have an international agreement that those kind of standards are employed across the world to make sure there are no gaps in the system." Most of the so-called "technology" being used is crap. ETP has been mothballed. ETD is hardly ever used. Nude-O-Scopes offer perverted views of passengers and little else. X-rays have been mistakenly used to identify explosives. The Americans have their heads up their posteriors when it comes to airport security. |
This comment by Pistole is encouraging, but the again, maybe he's just parroting others to make them think he agrees:
"The bottom line is that the future must be focused on providing the best possible security for travelers in a way that provides greater scrutiny to those who need greater scrutiny, and not using a cookie cutter approach for everybody," he said. |
"The Americans have taken the lead in deploying the latest technology. We should have an international agreement that those kind of standards are employed across the world to make sure there are no gaps in the system." edit to add: Just over half of all cargo traffic is shipped by cargo planes -- 58 percent -- while the remainder -- 42 percent -- travels in the cargo hold of passenger planes, according to IATA. |
"We can't just look for prohibited items because there's a list that says we have to and we shouldn't spend time trying to decipher between 3 ounces and 100 milliliters," Pistole said in a statement. He said the threat to airport security could not be tackled using a "cookie cutter approach." "The bottom line is that the future must be focused on providing the best possible security for travelers in a way that provides greater scrutiny to those who need greater scrutiny, and not using a cookie cutter approach for everybody," he said. |
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Look at the TSA barker. Notice that none of the pax are smiling, but most of them have strange facial expressions.. |
Originally Posted by doober
(Post 15060030)
This comment by Pistole is encouraging, but the again, maybe he's just parroting others to make them think he agrees:
The intriguing thing is why did terrorists waited till now to attempt to blow up passenger airliners with cargo bombs and why did the plot fail? |
Originally Posted by FriendlySkies
(Post 15060982)
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Look at the TSA barker. Notice that none of the pax are smiling, but most of them have strange facial expressions.. |
Originally Posted by FriendlySkies
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Originally Posted by PresRDC
(Post 15062225)
Jazz Hands! :D
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Originally Posted by iluv2fly
(Post 15063235)
No, silly. CODE BRAVO!!!
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Originally Posted by okazon69
(Post 15059950)
"Today's threats require a different approach and different technology,"
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Originally Posted by Spiff
(Post 15059981)
"The Americans have taken the lead in deploying the latest technology. We should have an international agreement that those kind of standards are employed across the world to make sure there are no gaps in the system." |
Replacement of outdated "security" with outdated "security"? No thanks.
Unfortunately, the voodoo "security" approach (read: akin to TSA BDOs) is what IATA, the UK government, BA and FR (amongst others) are looking at as the "replacement". That may "channel" the harassment in the guise of "security" but it will not eradicate the stupid "security" measures. Villains who twirl their mustaches are easy to spot; those who clothe themselves in good deeds are well camouflaged ........ waiting for the right climate in which to flourish, spreading fear in the name of righteousness. |
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