Originally Posted by pjlot
If this were to change and a more relaxed approach was taken, what sould stop some plot being carried out. It may take years of planning but past attacks on airlines have proven this to be the cacse. Also what is to stop some unscrupulous crew member commiting a terrorist act while on the job
Errr... I seem to remember two terrorist bomb attacks on the London Transport system, one succesful and another successful one on the Madrid railway system. Now, how many times have you had to go through a security system to get on those transport systems since then? Speak up! I can't hear you.
The only thing I can infer from the current Terror Porn show is that the current DfT rules are so good that the aura of their success has somehow managed to filter out and cover the Underground and Bus transport network in its absolute efficiency. In fact, the people behind the current security procedures are so brilliant that there hasn't been anyone trampled by a rampaging elephant in the UK since they implemented their regime either.
Sadly, I believe the petition will be of no use. It is a fob used by the Bliar governemnt to let the people think they actually have a say. The DfT will simply say that they have to implement their regime in the current way because it is so successful and they are not at liberty to tell us why because it is strictly on a need to know basis. It is the classical Catch-22 situation and they know it.
Fear not, those little dictators at the security checkpoints who blindly follow the orders from the security dictators above are keeping the airways safe from exploding nail clippers and you can rest safe in the knowledge that you are most unlikely to be hit by a rampaging elephant. Well, at least in the UK.
