Comments on: Reconfiguring Your Views On Airport Security

By: The Negative Travel Effects Of 9/11 On Your Personal Security – Nearly 10 Years Later | foXnoMad

Tue, 10 May 2011 11:05:40 +0000

[...] the promise of virtual strip searches might be powerful, remember that the airport is the last line of defense. Putting together a plot using explosives requires planning, coordination, money, and the [...]

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foXnoMad’s Travel Predictions For 2010 : foXnoMad — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:10:26 +0000

[...] should help them to continue earning profits. (I can’t help but think if the TSA would reconfigure their views on airline security, combined with the weak dollar, the US would be a very attractive destination to many more [...]

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:01:10 +0000

It’s a never-ending process to try and protect against previous methods. It has absolutely no end and can only continue to get more and more ridiculous.

By: Mark H

Mark H — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:57:54 +0000

An Australian govt minister was quoted as saying that they were going to stop seixing nail clippers and knitting needles so that they can focus more on securing the plane. Yet they have been clollecting these things for seven years. That is the frustrating part of travel and I think adds to the fear is this reactionary response which looks amateur and incompetent. Shoes, water bottles, balnkets on laps in the last hour of flying – what will the next loony response be?

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:56:53 +0000

When it comes to the security measures, I’m willing to do anything, so long as it’s really effective. I’m not convinced that taking off shoes or dumping liquids over 3 ounces really makes us safer. The FBI during audits has several times been able to pass IED components through airport security. I’d like to see more internal security audits that would provide both recommendations and cost/benefit analysis.

There are lots of very experienced, qualified, and intelligent security engineers (working for the US government) and experts out there. I’m not sure how much of their input makes it to the final decision.

By: Vera Marie Badertscher

Vera Marie Badertscher — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:25:43 +0000

I’d like to see Congress confirm the nominee for TSA head for starters. And while I agree that plots should be stopped before the perp gets to the airport, there still needs to be a last line of defense. And as a passenger, if security wants me to take off my shoes, or dump my perfume, or sit with my hands in my lap, I’ll willingly do it. The most effective weapon they have for last line of defense is the “x-ray” machine that detects the body outline and any objects attached to the body. It is being stopped by people who fear privacy invasion as well as budget issues. We need to tell Congress that we accept that screening device!

By: Reconsidering Air Travel

Reconsidering Air Travel — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:13:56 +0000

[...] airport travel security. My blogging friend Anil at FoxNomad speaks out on the subject from the perspective of a former security expert. And, on the BlogHer Travel column, Pam Mandel’s advice to CALM DOWN is right on. She’s [...]

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:06:48 +0000

It’s so arbitrary and the countermeasures seem like they’re being done with movie plots in mind. The requirements do also vary greatly around the world, most EU countries don’t require taking off shoes, and many Asian countries use a hand wand on most (male) passengers.

Good police work prevents security agencies from trying to stop terror attacks with measures like not getting up in the last hour of flight.

By: Anil P.

Anil P. — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:01:00 +0000

Thanks Jen, same to you!

By: Sherry Ott

Sherry Ott — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:10:05 +0000

Very good points and well put. I find it strange that they ban doing anything in the last hour of the flight. If they are so worried about our safety…then why just the last hour? The whole subject of TSA security is always touchy. The strangest part is that the airports all over the world are different. They never even took my bottle of water away when I flew out of Ho Chi Minh City airport on international flights.