Actually... there is a good reason to screen even old white people...
Anyone see the report about that young (22ish year old) Asian guy who dressed in and Old white guy mask and used an ID showing a 55year old DOB. He was only caught after removing the mask in the Airplane Lav. YES HE MADE IT ONTO THE AIRCRAFT.
On the other hand, all of this extra security has basically caused a cluster of people at the Security line. Well, the true task of a terrorist isn't to get onto an airplane, it's to kill people. So now U have a large cluster of people, sometimes larger than most aircraft can handle, just sitting there. What is to stop a suicide bomber to just get into the middle of this line and explode? How easy could it be for a few of these guys to organize a simultaneous hit at LAX, NY, Boston, etc. They would kill hundreds, and it would put a huge halt on air travel, temporarily. Just as a Security measure is put into place, it just opens a new opportunity. Besides...all this high security, they still leave gigantic holes left for a terrorist to take advantage of.
Take San Diego Airport for example.... I am there very often and I never see any security roaming the perimeter. All it takes is for a terrorist group to get someone to work on the inside, say.. a catering company. They roam the grounds of the airport all day. Someone could literally throw something over the fence and this guy comes and gets it. He can get right on to an airplane with that material.
These points are actual concerns by real pilots.
|