A slow news week, so let's pull out the old aviation beat up. No domestic aircraft with less than 90 seats in NZ is subject to the usual security measures around the world. It's a pragmatic view that the cut off mark for the xray and body screening should be for 73s and above. Not perfect but the line had to be drawn somewhere. journos( i use that word hesitantly) have taken advantage of this fact and contructed an "aircraft - danger - death"story/headline for the sunday front page. i could hear people with half a brain sighing around the country, when they opened the paper this morning. once again the aviation industry is an easy target for the papers to stir. A petrol tanker could do alot more damage than a hijacked saab, but hey the headline "hitch hikers carry pen knifes" would not sell enough papers i think. Tossers.