Airport Security before 9/11 looked essentially the same, but they contracted with private security companies. That led to 9/11, so the government took it over and created TSA, and we have t had any hijackings. Now MAGA wants to go back to the system that allowed 9/11, mostly because TSA workers don’t kiss their asses.
Like getting rid of the Clean Air & Water Act, because we already have clean air and water.
The TSA has little to do with the lack of hijacking since 2001. Secured cockpit doors and the widespread belief that hijacking means death are the main reasons it no longer occurs.
Yeah the understanding at the time was that if your plane gets hijacked don’t do shit and eventually things will be fine. Post 9/11 someone trying to take over a plane is getting bum rushed. 9/11 could really only happen the one time
Edit: I’m sorry if a plane hits a building in the next two weeks
Suicidal hijackers are NOT worried about death, but they are worried about their plot being foiled. Airport security is tighter than it used to be, so they don’t want to risk their operation being stopped before they even get on the plane.
Better to come up with a different plan, with less risk of discovery. There are plenty of crowded places to bomb or shoot up.
I’ve seen those lines winding, and thought that if a suicide bomber wanted to make a big impact, all he’d have to do is wait until he’s in the middle of the crowd, and detonate his bomb. He’d kill hundreds of people, and close a major airport, without ever having to pass through security.
I think they’ve just stopped hijackings, because airports are a pain in the ass, and there are so many other equally horrific options.
By your same logic we haven’t had a 9/11 style attack before 9/11 for how many decades? And how many attempts have there been and how many have successfully took weapons on to airliners through TSA since 9/11? The statistics and numbers are very much against the TSA. It’s a useless for show waste of tax dollars when reinforced automated locking doors on aircraft have proven to be a better deterrent at preventing 9/11.
Perhaps, if we only knew how many hijackings the locked door prevented. It’s not something you can do a survey about. How do you find out how many potential hijackers decided to do something else because the cabin doors were locked? Has ANY terrorist been caught, and said that he was thinking of hijacking a plane, but the locked doors dissuaded him?
They implemented many new safety protocols after 9/11, and increased intelligence (well, until THIS administration), and it is likely a combination of all of them, rather any single one.
Airport Security before 9/11 looked essentially the same, but they contracted with private security companies. That led to 9/11, so the government took it over and created TSA, and we have t had any hijackings. Now MAGA wants to go back to the system that allowed 9/11, mostly because TSA workers don’t kiss their asses.
Like getting rid of the Clean Air & Water Act, because we already have clean air and water.
The TSA has little to do with the lack of hijacking since 2001. Secured cockpit doors and the widespread belief that hijacking means death are the main reasons it no longer occurs.
Yeah the understanding at the time was that if your plane gets hijacked don’t do shit and eventually things will be fine. Post 9/11 someone trying to take over a plane is getting bum rushed. 9/11 could really only happen the one time
Edit: I’m sorry if a plane hits a building in the next two weeks
You might want to edit again to include the word hijacked before plane, some days Boeing’s just don’t feel like flying
Suicidal hijackers are NOT worried about death, but they are worried about their plot being foiled. Airport security is tighter than it used to be, so they don’t want to risk their operation being stopped before they even get on the plane.
Better to come up with a different plan, with less risk of discovery. There are plenty of crowded places to bomb or shoot up.
Like say airport security lines?
I’ve seen those lines winding, and thought that if a suicide bomber wanted to make a big impact, all he’d have to do is wait until he’s in the middle of the crowd, and detonate his bomb. He’d kill hundreds of people, and close a major airport, without ever having to pass through security.
I think they’ve just stopped hijackings, because airports are a pain in the ass, and there are so many other equally horrific options.
Yep, the simplest crime is the most likely. That’s just people
By your same logic we haven’t had a 9/11 style attack before 9/11 for how many decades? And how many attempts have there been and how many have successfully took weapons on to airliners through TSA since 9/11? The statistics and numbers are very much against the TSA. It’s a useless for show waste of tax dollars when reinforced automated locking doors on aircraft have proven to be a better deterrent at preventing 9/11.
Perhaps, if we only knew how many hijackings the locked door prevented. It’s not something you can do a survey about. How do you find out how many potential hijackers decided to do something else because the cabin doors were locked? Has ANY terrorist been caught, and said that he was thinking of hijacking a plane, but the locked doors dissuaded him?
They implemented many new safety protocols after 9/11, and increased intelligence (well, until THIS administration), and it is likely a combination of all of them, rather any single one.