Sven
Thanks for your thoughts. While I agree with what you are saying there is another part of this equation which has to be addressed.
That is the perception that Aviation = terrorism and Terrorism =Aviation
Government has latched onto that to such an extent that to be seen to be dealing with terrorism means loading aviation even further.
They already have the infrastructure in place with aviation so its easy to carry on adding bits to that infrastructure.
That is fine if it was the case that aviation = terrorism but that is far from the truth.
I have talked about the London Tubes on numerous occasions because it horrifies me at the complete lack of security in teh tubes yet the potential is there to do equal damage as in the lockerbie disaster.
Government know that to deal with the tubes would be an impossibility and would bring London to a standstill so they close their eyes and continue with what they know and have an infrastructure well in place.
The message that has to come out is that enough is enough. Until the press start writing articles on the time bomb waiting in the tubes and deflecting attention from aviation, Government will continue taking its easy option.
I am afraid that cooperating and lying on ones back will mean we will cooperate ourselves into non existance.
Its the perception that has to change and that will only change when 200 people die in the tubes or the media start attacking all the other danger areas to security to an extent that the government are forced to redirect their attention.
That I fear is the reality
Pace