Why your child's school bus has no seat belts

Re:Why your child's school bus has no seat belts by MichaelApproved on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @08:25PM (#2050836)

TSA isn't just protecting the passengers on one flight from dying, they're protecting the entire airline industry and a large part of the US economy.

If a plane goes down due to a terrorist attack those unfortunate people end up dying. If you just calculate the cost of saving those people by implementing tough security measures you can argue that it's not cost effective.

BUT you can't just figure the lives of the people on the plane into your calculations. You have to figure the impact to the airline industry if people become afraid of flying and what will happen to the US economy when another successful attack comes.

All three (lives on plane, airline industry and economy) are worth having tough security measures in place.

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Re:Why your child's school bus has no seat belts by Daishiman on Thursday December 30, 2010 @12:28AM (#2051349)

The TSA's security measures are a farce according to any competent security researcher, so their net value is negative not only in preventing attacks, but in making flight for current passengers less safe as well as for those who will choose alternatives because of these policies.

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Re:Why your child's school bus has no seat belts by icefox on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @09:51PM (#2051010)

What about when people stop of flying BECAUSE of the TSA and either don't fly or drive? How does that factor in?

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Re:Why your child's school bus has no seat belts by rick888 on Wednesday December 29, 2010 @10:25PM (#2051085)

"What about when people stop of flying BECAUSE of the TSA and either don't fly or drive? How does that factor in? reply"

So if they stop all of these security measures and people die as a result, you aren't going to blame the TSA or the airlines..right?

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Re:Why your child's school bus has no seat belts by Freebytes on Thursday December 30, 2010 @12:07PM (#2052737)

I do not blame the airlines for the previous terrorist attacks. Actions were taken to resolve the issue after the event so it is not like nothing has been done. Strengthening the cockpit doors and locking them is acceptable.

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