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The answer to airplane security was solved the moment that people understood that the rules had changed. Before 9/11, if your plane was hijacked, you sat quietly and didn't fight back. You would land somewhere, and be ransomed back. Now the rules are different. Now hijackers are trying to hurt or kill the passengers. Now the best defense of an airplane is 200+ passengers armed with heavy luggage. Even if a dozen hijackers have machetes on the airplane (and pre-9/11 security would most certainly have caught those), the passengers would easily defeat them. Locking the cockpit door so that no one can take the pilot by surprise was a good step, but everything else that has been done since 9/11 has been totally unnecessary.
Consider the underwear bomber. He got through security, and was found out by the other passengers. Imagine if the 9/11 hijackers had attempted their plan now. They'd probably still make it through security, but now they wouldn't be able to get to the pilot without arousing a lot of commotion, and they would be beset upon by the passengers. We already had all the security we needed in the airport. All we've done now is implement racial screening of Arab Americans, and instilled a tremendous fear in everyone. We are truly not in danger in an airplane, and it has nothing to do with making us take off our shoes.
Even the Department of Homeland Security, who put all of these measures in place, doesn't really believe we need this protection. Otherwise there wouldn't be one fifth the number of security personnel to keep airports moving smoothly. They know it's bull, and so do we. The only weapon we need is a locked door and a little bit of awareness.
Consider the underwear bomber. He got through security, and was found out by the other passengers. Imagine if the 9/11 hijackers had attempted their plan now. They'd probably still make it through security, but now they wouldn't be able to get to the pilot without arousing a lot of commotion, and they would be beset upon by the passengers. We already had all the security we needed in the airport. All we've done now is implement racial screening of Arab Americans, and instilled a tremendous fear in everyone. We are truly not in danger in an airplane, and it has nothing to do with making us take off our shoes.
Even the Department of Homeland Security, who put all of these measures in place, doesn't really believe we need this protection. Otherwise there wouldn't be one fifth the number of security personnel to keep airports moving smoothly. They know it's bull, and so do we. The only weapon we need is a locked door and a little bit of awareness.