Originally Posted by
paperHanger
Book thrown at them? For having something that the security team decided "looked like a bomb"?
Without a threat, I doubt that "having something that someone thinks might be a bomb" is actually an offence ... you are of course quite right that their actions were at least stupid, but I very much doubt they will receive anything more than a few sharp words.
If you were a terrorist group looking to down a plane, your first steps may be to test airport security with non-threatening objects that model your real devices.
How would you suggest we respond when such trials are uncovered?
As I asked before, who were their target audience?