20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?

Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by xscott on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:48AM (#28457843)

I suspect it's not about protecting the people (your college stadium example), and that it is about protecting the expensive airplanes.

If I'm being charitable, it might also be about protecting the buildings that planes can crash into.

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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by ridethebike on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @11:24AM (#28458468)

Planes are not that expensive

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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by edgriebel on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @12:16PM (#28459256)

Last time I checked even a relatively small 737 is ca. $100 million. You must be related to Bezos if you don't consider that expensive.

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Re:20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes o... by ridethebike on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:39PM (#28465599)

Compared to lives lost $100 is not expensive at all.

But sure, let's forget about morals for a second (lives lost and all that) and be very cold and cynical about the pricing. Still - reputational damage, political outcry, people suing the company/government for "failing to do even basic security checks like belts and shoes" - $100 million is nothing.

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