I'm still of the mindset that these "checkpoints" create more of a risk than they subvert.
I mean yeah you can stick a bunch of people on a plane, plane gets jacked, people don't man up and take it back, everyone dies, whatever.
How many people stand in line at these checkpoints before the flight? for how many flights? I mean if like 2 or 3 planes are boarding at the same time and they're all herding through this common lobby, seems like it'd be easier for any "terrorist" style attack to just be carried out right in the freaking lobby. Suitcase bomb set to go off right there while it's being scanned? Body strapped with C4 set off with a button push right as they step in to the scanner? how would that be for irony? I'm sure the casualty count be it in the double digits or triple digits would be no less devastating. To me, that difference isn't really worth the hassle of these scans and the privacy/safety concerns.
Statistically speaking, hijackings are ridiculously rare. It's just seriously not worth the amount of money that these stupid federal agencies are pouring in to it and the amount of privacy people are sacrificing, as well as the increased amount of restrictions on what you can bring with you, and the increased amount of time to get boarded.
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