You raise some good points.
It doesn't make that much sense though does it? I mean, if it did keep us safe then such measures would be deployed on train stations, but they are not. It's only airplanes that suffer from such strangling security measures. So who are we trying to protect anyway? Is it the passengers or the airlines?
Both I would suppose, airplanes are more likely to be a target due to the large numbers of passengers aboard a flight and low chance of survival.
Security at airports is being tightened to no end while other means of transport are unaffected by it - although the same numbers of people are under the same risk, don't you think?
Madrid and London were attacked by nutjobs but you haven't seen any increase in the tubes' security, have you?
This is true; but you have to be aware of the cost involved in putting similar methods into practice on other public transport, it is much easier and cheaper to do it at airports due to the low number of access point onto an airplane.
So I would gather no, it doesn't keep you safe from harm. It merely provides you with the illusion of safety.
Sometimes even the illusion of safety is better then no safety at all, imho. Sure even the 'terrorists' could find ways around the measures BUT knowing this things are in place makes me a happier traveller.
sr4470 said:
The IRA used nondescript vehicles to deliver explosives in urban areas. Even today's measures are useless at dealing with that. Like I said, a terrorist that is determined to suicide bomb isn't going to wait to go through a scanner are they?
No they aren't going to wait, but if it makes them less likely to attack a plane and think it is a legitimate target to attack, I believe it is worth it.
