Originally Posted by Sobelena
I see no harm in taking them on board as an extra set of eyes. As for those of you suggesting that a long lens may resemble a missile launcher, I think you're imagination is getting the better of you. Finally, if a terrorist is armed with a half decent ground-to-air piece of equipment, he doesn't need to use it next to the perimeter fence. 3 to 4 miles on the approach will do just fine. Have any of you anti brigade read about the excellent scheme operating at some of the major Canadian airports?
How do you judge the Canadian schemes to be excellent - have they caught any terrorists yet ?
While most of what
bjcc has posted is tripe of the first order, I have to agree with his basic premise: most spotters wouldn't know a terrorist if one bit them in the @ss. For a start they are generally looking the
wrong way, and they would probably just end up reporting the suspicious individuals who appear whenever an airplane with a blue 6-pointed star on its tail is due
.
Seems to me the only "benefit" of this is to get an ID card which allows the plod to check you out in fairly short order. Most plods anyway
