Our Lovely TSA strikes again - Page 4

Vash02 · 2012-04-28, 09:58 AM

Why are you dividing the money by their failures Cutter? Surely it should be divided by how many plots they have stopped?

Baneblade · 2012-04-28, 10:03 AM

What plots has the TSA stopped?

Vash02 · 2012-04-28, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

What plots has the TSA stopped?

Sorry, cant tell you, state secrets act.

Another thing Bush and Obama have created and expanded.

Baneblade · 2012-04-28, 10:19 AM

That's just a catch all way to not have to say they haven't done a damn thing to justify their existence. I would bet the farm that if they ever manage to foil something, it will be all over the media like a viral video on social networking.

Figment · 2012-04-28, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by Sobekeus

That's just a catch all way to not have to say they haven't done a damn thing to justify their existence. I would bet the farm that if they ever manage to foil something, it will be all over the media like a viral video on social networking.

Baneblade · 2012-04-28, 02:49 PM

Traak · 2012-05-04, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by Vash02

Sorry guys, its not that simple. You cant let people onto a plane without some screening. Rather than flying a plane into a building you will have a few thousand gallons of burning jet fuel and tons of wreckage raining down on New York.
They tried it in 2006 and people have been banned from bringing drinks onto a plane ever since.
Dont believe the depths these sort of people will drop to to kill people. They used a mentally retarded man to plant a bomb in a resturant in Britain. It wasnt the most effective strategy but dont doubt they will use a small children, disabled people and other vulnerable people to pass weapons and bomb parts through security.

Actually, aren't flight crew allowed to bring drinks on board?

So, at least that narrows the field of potential drink-warriors to the flight attendants et al.

Traak · 2012-05-04, 12:45 AM

Originally Posted by p0intman

You know what racial profiling boils down to? Racism. I'd rather like to eradicate that within this country, but thanks.

Among other things, extreme racial profiling (racism).

If you meet the criteria to be considered a member of a certain, specific ethnic group, you're turned away more or less even if completely innocent. That also applies even if you're not a member of said, specific enthic group. You just have to appear to be to the screening staff. So even user error is prone to causing problems.

and, if anyone is curious about what, certain specific ethnic group I'm talking about, take a look at who Israel is at war with.

And how many El Al planes have been flown into buildings in the last 40 years?

Baneblade · 2012-05-04, 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by Traak

And how many El Al planes have been flown into buildings in the last 40 years?

And how many Southwest Airlines planes have been flown into buildings in the last 40 years?

Figment · 2012-05-04, 04:26 AM

Originally Posted by Traak

And how many El Al planes have been flown into buildings in the last 40 years?

Bijlmer disaster, at least 43 dead (it is very likely illegals lived in the flat that was hit). Though that wasn't on purpose and a cargo jet, just due to the engines simply literally falling off the aircraft. Pins keeping the engines attached to the airplane failed due to metal fatigue.

Maybe they should have focused more on general maintenance and inspections of airworthiness than security...