I don’t disagree but you have to balance this against what normal people call life and the inherent risks thereof. I wouldn’t want a system where there was no airport security whatsoever but I also wouldn’t want one where everyone has to undergo a strip-search and an interview before boarding either. Planes crash sometimes and 100% of the people reading this will die through some tragic circumstances.
Domestic luggage wasn’t routinely screened before 9/11 and that would have been a painfully easy way to bring down multiple airliners in one day yet it never was. However, the 9/11 terrorists weren’t that concerned about the planes themselves. They wanted to use them as missiles and not too many people thought of that. Strong, locked cockpit doors pretty much solves that problem easily and simply.
I think it is much more sinister than that. It involves hiding in the bathroom with the door unlocked. When the pilot comes in, you give him the old ninja death touch them you change into his clothes. Once you get to the cockpit, you avoid eye contact with your copilot and mention something about going to see a man about a horse in New York City. You fly there and smash right into the Empire State Building which actually doesn’t work out worth a damn because it is an old-school building and a military plane tried it decades ago with no success but history was never your strong subject. Still, it is an ingenious exploit of the current system.
And I won’t disagree with you either, but the OP found what he/she thinks is a ‘bubble’ in the cheese. Neither you nor I can guarantee what the TSA does is 100% effective–hell, 95 of 100 bags may pass through whatever screening process detected, but unless someone high up from the TSA is willing to post in this thread, statistically, we cannot guarantee that 100% is safe.
Bottom line, is that if the OP identifies a hole, then he/she can and ought to call it in, eliminating one bubble in the hole of Swiss, thereby preventing a disaster. And we all know that Swiss chese sucks, so I’m all about calling it in and switching it to cheddar–because we all know that Communists hate cheddar cheese. . .
I bet it has something to do with the safety razor blade disposal slot that many airliners still have. A clever terrorist could figure out a nefarious use for this vestigial leftover from the 1960’s.
the point of my o.p.," was not ," gee whiz gang ,do you think this is a terrific way to hi=jack an airliner?" the o.p. was a request as to what authority if any would be the place a report as to a possible life threatining situation. several members made suggestions and itried to follow up on them.
I once read that safety razor thoughts never actually go ANYWHERE except just in between the construction cracks. The reasoning is that it would take tens of thousands of them to ever fill it up and that would never happen. That means that disassembling part of the lavatories would yield THOUSANDS of weapons and many would be rusty increasing the chances of giving people tetanus. That is just one of many shuddering thoughts I have had about this whole situation.
You are being the worst kind of cock-tease. We have an interesting thread going on here and you won’t even participate even though you started it. You don’t have exclusive access to today’s nuclear launch codes and there are countless ways that each and every one of us can poke holes in airport security. Grow a pair and just say it.
i resent this thread being moved to the mindless catagory, if it isn’t fit for g.q. what is ? and if it absolutely has to be moved ,move it to my humble opinion.
as i have stated before i will not tell the members ,at this time what the breach is. ihave followed the advice of the members who offered their thoughts. i feel as though i haven't been taken seriously by the f.b.i. so i will try another avenue. if i feel as though this other avenue doesn't think this is a serious security lapse then i will not bother informing the other members, because i will not be the one to give the terrorists any ideas they do not already have.
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You have been around for an alarmingly long time for your post count. I assume that you know how this place works by now. People like me actually want you to interact with us (GASP!). We are interested in your idea and the subject in general. You don’t own threads even if you start them. They can branch out in all kinds of interesting ways with or without you but I think most of us would genuinely like to here whatever you have to say regardless if it is stupid or something we should all start calling our senators about tonight. Just try a little. You are being way too obtuse to be considered a meaningful member of a thread that you started. You would probably make a great regular Doper if you just share your thoughts and get feedback.
Once again, you wouldn’t. I guarantee it. Not least because I strongly doubt that there are terrorists scouring message boards looking for ideas. :rolleyes:
You got your factual answer. Nothing came of it. Tough nuggies.
Seriously, kid, if your can’t capitalize your sentences, then something’s amiss. Perhaps terrorists have taken over your computer and are asking us for help.
And now that I have read all of your posts, you capitalized words in your posts about nine out of ten times through April of this year. Your don’t post here very much. Hmm? 156 posts in six years.
You haven’t posted since April. But now you come back and every one of your posts forget to capitalize the first word. Hmmmm?
i posted on g.q. because there has to be a factual answer, to the ?. i also stated in several replies that i din't want to give the terrorists any ideas. i have told the members who have posted their ideas if they were correct.
when i made my o.p. the thought was to get some sound advice, and i thank the members who have posted their advice. it weasn’t my intention for it to become a guessing game, also i feel the move to mpsmiims was not warrented, if the thread had to be moved i feel that imho is where it should have landed.