LHR Security: SCARY AGAIN!

[MAX]

One Four Sick,

Ah yes but how strict is the newspapers background check of the journo? If you see what I mean.

MAX

[Avman]

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

You will never ever achieve 100% security. There will always be a way. Most security is purely cosmetic and would never deter a determined terrorist attack, especially if it is of the suicide type. Only the average nutter might be deterred by security measures.

[farnboroughspotter]

as somebody who is regually a LHR/LGW spotter and who regually works airside at both security is a bit of a joke. Im a engineer and regually carry a tool case through security with little but x ray examination. I could easily pass a very sharp object to a pax via a drop off point.
Also short of putting a 15ft concrete wall round all airports the permiter fence is easily cut through and a 2 min sprint across the runways in the dark will give you easy acess to many airliners. Not to mention standing somehwre like Richmond or Windsor with a shoulder launched SAM.
There seems to be a great deal of security aimed at pax but this is not the weak point.

[Evil J]

I would like to see BAA start making people check in 8 hours before their flight so that "security" screening can take place(!)...when people ask why so draconian...blame Sky News!!

[pug munter]

Is this the same Sky News which was strongly criticised for making up a montage of old shots about the firing of a missile from a ship during the start of the Iraq conflict?

The reporter was "sacked" and procedures "tightened".

[mutt]

Airclues...

In future crews will be escorted from the aircraft so that they don't go into the wrong area.

Love the solution! It really appears that they understood the problem

Mutt.

[DarkStar]

As HZ123 states, BA used to have a team who I tried to highlight access control issues within the company. Where are they now?