Originally Posted by
lightonthewater
Way back well before 9/11 I flew from Phoenix to Houston as SLF. The baggage was left OUTSIDE the terminal building in a designated spot, there was NO security check at all, and I noted that several of my fellow passengers carried, respectively, a chicken, a small lapdog and a handgun in the cabin with them. No-one seemed to bat an eyelid, and the cabin crew took no interest, preferring to have a party up front during most of the journey. Those were the days.
Indeed they were... What could possibly have gone wrong...?
But..., you know what...? It did go wrong! (You may have slept through it)
And the bad guys brought nasties onto the aircraft and killed a lot of people. (Just like thya had been killing lots of people in the rest of the world for years before) So now we have to have security.
Your alternative proposal is what?