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I know this because my shoe fell apart a couple of months ago and one came out: I'd been through multiple airports with this on my feet and I think it's highly likely that a majority of people are incidentally carrying sharp metal blades because of this.
[1] http://distilleryimage4.ak.instagram.com/a31902082b7911e3b58...
Huge crowds are already caused by homeland security theater.
Are they still taking water bottles from people and throwing these "dangerous materials" right into the trash next to everyone?
That's nothing: break open many brands of low-quality leather shoe and you'll find a 3-5 inch sharp metal blade [1]. I know this because my shoe fell apart a couple of months ago and one came out: I'd been through multiple airports with this on my feet and I think it's highly likely that a majority of people are incidentally carrying sharp metal blades because of this. [1] http://distilleryimage4.ak.instagram.com/a31…
While I found the content interesting, the videos do a very poor job of presenting information efficiently and concisely. Time is wasted in the introduction, the listing of materials takes far too long when bullet points would suffice, diagrams are only shown for a few seconds apiece, and the music is downright irritating. A bullet point list of materials, a paragraph of description, a few diagrams and an embedded vi…
I think it comes down to what people are willing to put up with. Personally, I don't mind any of the TSA stuff a single bit. I've stood in line for hours, missed a flight, and gotten home at 1am due to TSA and other security stuff, but I don't mind because it at the very least acts as a deterrent. However, I think that most of these things could be solved with a second screening. None of these options would pass a se…
The only people TSA deters is honest an law abiding citizens from flying as often as they would otherwise.
The BLUNDERBUSSness Class is by far the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsem22DkIjw TL;DR: AXE body spray is super combustable!
However it looks like they are relaxing that:
http://www.ataturkairport.com/en-EN/Airlines/Pages/Announcem...
I don't know how effective any of these techniques would be to a terrorist, however cool and ingeniously constructed the weapons were. The whole security TSA thing is mostly a show anyways.
Taking over a plane with box cutters was mostly show as well. It only worked in 2001 because people went along with terrorist theater. If any would be terrorists tried the same tactic from 2001 today they would be mauled in the cockpit. Prior to 2001, passengers assumed they would be hostages and would come out unharmed if they cooperate. Now they assume they are potential collateral damage. That's a huge difference.…
How good are the new secure cockpit doors? If responsible for securing planes I would be worried about a surprise attack getting through while the door is open and then locking the doors before any of the passengers have time to react. I suspect that the secure doors may be counter-productive and less safe than a plane full of passengers able to help.
Another potential threat is one of the pilots themselves if they can subdue the other pilot and close the door can anything be done?
Equipment available doesn't really matter though short of semi-automatic weapons and explosives.
Seeing this 'n’s' totally takes away from what the website is trying to say.
