Pilot Stands Up To TSA And Refuses Full Body Scan

Re:Pilot Stands Up To TSA And Refuses Full Body Scan by psyklic on Monday October 18, 2010 @08:07AM (#1803105)

I can see it from both perspectives. It is shocking, but the government isn't just doing full body scans for kicks. Airlines are ridiculously hard to secure - if terrorists use another one as a bomb after the US has spent so much money already protecting them, then we're in big trouble. Not only would more terrorists try to hijack planes, but we would lose some standing with other countries because of "insecure" transit systems.

The BIGGEST QUESTION for me is: Will there ever come a point where our airlines WILL be safe again? If there is ever a lapse in our security, will someone new try to embarrass us using the same attack? Will the world ever be safe?

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Re:Pilot Stands Up To TSA And Refuses Full Body Scan by younata on Monday October 18, 2010 @12:43PM (#1804161)

I have a friend who regularly talks about how easy it would be to 'destroy' (kill power grid, poison water supply bomb pretty much anything) NYC (he's from up there) without using the airlines.

Even before 9/11, it was by far much easier to 'destroy' a city than it is to hijack an airplane to do whatever.

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Re:Pilot Stands Up To TSA And Refuses Full Body Scan by Vivtek on Monday October 18, 2010 @10:10AM (#1803537)

The government isn't just doing full body scans for kicks - they're doing it for kickbacks.

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