Birmingham International Airport Security?
Not for the first time the security of Birmingham airport comes into queston, following the arson attack on the EC135 belonging to the West Midlands Police, where the SINGLE perimeter fence was cut with a pair of pliers, to produce a large hole big enough to accomodate a stolen trials bike and riders.
It beggars belief that my local town carpark is covered by CCTV and yet...at Birmingham that is obviously considered un-necessary.
Imagine if the target had been a fully loaded 757? It would have taken the offenders not more than an additional 40 seconds to ride their machine across the main runway to access every single parked or moving aircraft.
Surely there is now a strong argument for an electic inner fence? a moat? a 10`deep ditch? a CCTV system ?or even a Security patrol??????
Personally, I wont be travelling from this airport again unless there are SIGNIFICANT VISIBLE IMPROVEMENTS to what is a basic apathy attitude to airport security.
Hnh
Last edited by huntnhound; 10th June 2009 at 13:09.