Originally Posted by Ignition Override
There is no doubt that Israel's El Al airlines has never suffered a hijacking.
Nor have hundreds of other airlines in the world, so that doesn't prove much, does it?
Remember the story about the man who spread elephant powder in his garden in Clapham? Never had any elephants trampling around since then, so that proved the powder worked.
I have been "profiled" many times by El Al on the way to Tel Aviv, and I can vouch for the absurdity of the process as practised by El Al. An aggressive youth asks stupid questions and never, ever realises that the answers are a wind-up.
Profiling might be a useful weapon against airborne attacks. But can we please stop thinking that the Israelis do things well? They don't.