Originally Posted by eyecue

The higher ups will tell you that it is a "layered response." The old swiss cheese debate that was present a few weeks back. IF you take a piece of swiss cheese and put another one on top of the first one, the holes (security leaks) dont line up and the more "slices" you add the more holes you plug. So if a shoe bomb is a threat, the shoes are screened, (one layer of cheese.) Then ignition sources are removed (another layer of cheese) in the hopes that if you miss one threat, the other is found. I know it sounds cheesy! Sorry I couldnt refuse. :D

Originally Posted by JS

More importantly, the screening process still misses guns at the same rate as the "terrible" private security we fired, something you would think is kinda important.

Originally Posted by JS

Are they really removed? Or is it just another entry on a litany of prohibited household objects, having no meaning other than making the sheeple feel safe at reading a list of banned household objects while happily showing ID at the security checkpoint?

More importantly, the screening process still misses guns at the same rate as the "terrible" private security we fired, something you would think is kinda important.

The problem with the swiss cheese theory is the slices have holes the size of the sandwich.