Security?
So are we saying that the security people who had all the zeal of Nazi soldiers have not actually been protecting us, and may have been mindlessly following the rules?
2 years ago, thousands of people were evacuated from Gatwick airside to landside in the North Terminal, as the result of a bomb scare. The hall was completely full to the entrance doors. A terrorist's dream. Yet the authorities apparently thought that this was safe.
After Glasgow, they started batching people in buses. Haven't they seen the news of blown-up buses in Israel?
The only answer is to increase capacity, reduce batching and queueing, and stop politicians from taking knee-jerk reactions in areas that are beyond their comprehension.
Exactly what is the liquid explosive that they couldn't detect before these silly measures, but that can be fabricated/mixed on board a plane? Ask any chemist what the liquid explosive is - and don't say silly answers like nitroglycerine (unsuitable), or acetone,or H2O2. I haven't met a chemist who cold tell me what that liquid would be.
They could solve this major bottleneck by stopping the silly checks for liquids by simply getting, say, 4 PhD chemists, and getting them to try to manufacture a bomb in aircraft conditions. When they fail, we can lift the restrictions. Most reports I've read say that they could make TATP, but this is a solid, and the chances of making it and sucessfully damaging the airframe are negligible.
So, let's start a campaign! Repeat , after me,
What are the liquid explosives?
What are the liquid explosives?
What are the liquid explosives?
Everybody join in now.
Also, let's not forget that 9/11, prior to which we were all apparently dreaming, was a relatively unsophisticated attack involving knives - not some over-elaborate scheme which involves ever more expensive machinery to detect it.
Wake up, everybody, and don't let the insecurity industry ruin our lives.