why start a new thread? here is the most recent.
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-.../s_397618.html
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Attention, travelers with nipple piercings: If you plan to fly out of Pittsburgh International Airport this holiday season, bring your pliers.
Otherwise, you might miss your flight.
At least one passenger who traveled through Pittsburgh learned this the hard way. She had to remove her piercings in a restroom after airport security told her she couldn't get on a plane with her hardware intact.
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there have been debates in congress over the piles of money given to airport security, but this is the harshest condemnation i've heard so far (from an australian lawmaker):
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...5E2702,00.html
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"To be tactful about these things, a lot of what we do is to make people feel better as opposed to actually achieve an outcome."
"Has it ever occurred to you that you just smash your wine glass and jump at someone, grab the top of their head and put it in their carotid artery and ask anything?"
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she is speaking about the introduction of plastic knives on flights.
also, i have two observations. the amount of security at a given airport is seemingly random. tiny airports can have an obscene amount of security while aiports in the largest cities in the country can be significantly less uptight. i don't see the larger plan.
secondly, if anyone hijacked a plane today, i doubt the passengers wait it out. it would be a mad rush at the hijackers -- certainly intense resistance -- probably even if a gun was involved. i guess the hijackers could buy/occupy most of the seats as a precaution, but i'm not sure that would actually happen.