Airport Security

The Israelis are developing an airport security device that eliminates the privacy concerns that come with full-body scanners. It's an armoured booth you step into that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device you may have on your person.

Israel sees this as a win-win situation for everyone, with none of this crap about racial profiling. It will also eliminate the costs of long and expensive trials.

You're in the airport terminal and you hear a muffled explosion. Shortly thereafter, an announcement: “Attention to all standby passengers, El Al is proud to announce a seat available on flight 670 to London. Shalom!”

I don't want to be the first one in the booth after the boom.

Was just thinking that booth cleanup might be the worst job ever...

Someone will always find a way.

That is brilliant

How will they ever prevent all those dangerous pocket knives from getting through?

Lol.

But on a serious note, I've been through Tel Aviv airport, and their security is the best in the world. Despite their location in the epicenter of all things controversial, they have never had a serious incident. Their approach to security is the complete opposite to ours, and it works.

We could learn a lot from them.

A certain Navy Seal tried a similar approach in Beirut. He was tasked with protecting the US Embassy from suicide bombers. Since most car bombs were remotely detonated, he reasoned that he could build a radio device to set off any bombs before they got too close to the building. To test the device, he drove around a neighborhood known to harbor the bad guys, and sure enough, a second-floor apartment went BOOM. He got sent home pretty quickly, and within a few weeks, a car drove through the gates and blew up the embassy.

In reply to pinchvalve:

this sounds like one of those chain letters.....

Nevermind it's from the novel A Dawn's Early Light by Grant R. Jeffrey & Angela Hunt

Robbie wrote: How will they ever prevent all those dangerous pocket knives from getting through?

or worse, more then 3 oz of shampoo?

Flight Service wrote: In reply to pinchvalve: this sounds like one of those chain letters..... Nevermind it's from the novel A Dawn's Early Light by Grant R. Jeffrey & Angela Hunt

...or from Dick Marcinko's "Red Cell" which was 100% true and accurate.

Last time I flew I was punished by the Atlanta airport TSA for opting out of the naked machine. They made me wait 10 minutes for a pat down, then the TSA guy berated me for the entire pat down for "not trusting the machine" and "listening to the internet lies". I told the guy it was none of his damn business why I don't want to go through the machine, and that it was my right to opt out. He just mumbled under his breath and told me I was done. I complained but the TSA manager couldn't have cared less. And can I point out that when I do opt out they let me walk AROUND the naked machine AND the metal detector to get my pat down. Ummm, I see a flaw here...

In reply to slefain:

They also keep all the confiscated items right there with the crowd of people getting screened. On our last vacation I went through the naked screener and then they saw "something suspicious" and needed to stand on the side to be patted down. While I was waiting I kept making awful puns about getting my suspicious package patted down and how much more it would have cost to get it done in Vegas. Then when the agent got to me I started giggling and asked if his hands were always so cold. He turned beet red and stormed off when I tried to tip him. The wife had to add "Don't worry, it's just the tip." Which got some laughs from the rest of the line.

In China you walk through a par of guards with the wands and they tag your cloths shoes and bag as you walk by. They you go into a rope coral, with 4 very un-happy guys with AK-47s staring at you. They put the cloth from the wands into one of those bomb sniffer machines. All clear the group moves on to the metal detectors. At the metal detectors everyone goes through and then you stand on a little step. Once again a very angry man with a AK-47 is covering you and the line behind you. There is a young woman would pats you down. (she found a chewing gum wrapper that I know had been through the wash twice) You never actually feel her touch you.

After that you go to the gate. Done.

I asked one of the companies I visited about the pat down people being all women. They said they made everyone more comfortable and they were better at finger tip sensitivity then men.

Can't argue because there is no boarding pass. You show up 1 hour early and 30 minutes later you are at the gate waiting.

Easiest flight check I have had since 9/11.

Synopsis. America is doing flight security wrong. Period.

SVreX wrote: Lol. But on a serious note, I've been through Tel Aviv airport, and their security is the best in the world. Despite their location in the epicenter of all things controversial, they have never had a serious incident. Their approach to security is the complete opposite to ours, and it works. We could learn a lot from them.

They profile the heck out of passengers and political correctness be damned!

The airport security I used to deal with was a open chain link fence and a honor system for the keys to the plane. I miss flying out of One Zero Charle.

Safest flight I ever took was out of Pope AFB. 100% of the passengers were carrying assault rifles. Never had such a sense of security in my life.

NOHOME wrote:

SVreX wrote: Lol. But on a serious note, I've been through Tel Aviv airport, and their security is the best in the world. Despite their location in the epicenter of all things controversial, they have never had a serious incident. Their approach to security is the complete opposite to ours, and it works. We could learn a lot from them.

They profile the heck out of passengers and political correctness be damned!

Yep. And it works.

I applaud their success, and admire their willingness to do what it takes and not give a berkeley what anybody else thinks.

Flight Service wrote: Synopsis. America is doing flight security wrong. Period.

But they do such a good job with all the other services they provide. Surely you are mistaken.

/sarcasm

In reply to Toyman01:

Don't call him Shirley.

In reply to bgkast:

I knew that was coming, as soon as I typed that. The odds of you oddballs letting that pass was less than zero.

In reply to Toyman01:

About the same as any thread like this not getting potentially floundered.

In reply to Toyman01:

Much less. In Vegas they would have made you pay way upfront and not given a line of credit on that one.

NOHOME wrote:

SVreX wrote: Lol. But on a serious note, I've been through Tel Aviv airport, and their security is the best in the world. Despite their location in the epicenter of all things controversial, they have never had a serious incident. Their approach to security is the complete opposite to ours, and it works. We could learn a lot from them.

They profile the heck out of passengers and political correctness be damned!

The problem with profiling in this country is that it's not Constitutional. Profiling assumes a degree of guilt in certain sectors of the public, whereas the Constitution presumes innocence to all.

I thought we were supposed to defend the Constitution.