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Re:Does More Security at Airports Make Us Safer or Just Move... by stcredzero on Friday July 01, 2016 @01:44PM (#12018149)
Someone planning to fashion ad-hoc spears out of plastic utensils or whatever must account for the presence of a guy with a gun as well as passengers fighting back.

So, are you saying a vigilant public and "a good guy with a gun" are the actual solutions? (And before the reader jumps to a conclusion about my relevant political positions, I'd estimate there's an 80% chance that you'd be wrong!)

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Re:Does More Security at Airports Make Us Safer or Just Move... by themartorana on Friday July 01, 2016 @02:19PM (#12018451)
Vigilant public and a locked cabin door. Yes.

Now, it's true sometimes passengers can be... "too vigilant..." There are plenty of stories of Muslims being kicked off of planes for no particular reason, but in the end, yes, I vote public education.

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Re:Does More Security at Airports Make Us Safer or Just Move... by Spooky23 on Friday July 01, 2016 @04:48PM (#12019533)
Yes, for the keeping passengers on an airplane alive and well.

For the "stop a hijacker from flying into a building" scenario, the locked door is the control.

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Re:Does More Security at Airports Make Us Safer or Just Move... by Retric on Friday July 01, 2016 @08:39PM (#12020812)
Those locked doors need to last for 3+ hours on a flight over the ocean. Which might be possible but probably not.
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Re:Does More Security at Airports Make Us Safer or Just Move... by tamana on Saturday July 02, 2016 @12:10PM (#12022981)
No they don't. 3 hrs is plenty of time for a military jet to intercept a hostile commercial jet
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