security
Airport Security
Mar/31/08 10:05
I arrived at the Las Vegas airport this morning, and
after using curbside check-in, I proceeded to the
very long pre-fast-pass-at-Disneyland line for the
security check-in. After waiting in the long tail of
the line for about 5 minutes, I then entered the
section of the line that snaked left, then right,
then left and so on no less than nine times. I
estimated the number of people in line for the C
gates to be around 300-400 people. And there was a
faster-moving line identical to mine for the D gates.
So there were approximately 600-800 people in this
very close area. And we haven't had our bags checked
yet.
So here's my thought for the day: what if terrorists don't care about actually taking over a plane now? What if they just want to kill people? Now we've created this huge labyrinthine line that collects unchecked people in an area where there's no escape. Some man (or woman. Terrorist groups are equal-opportunity employers) with dreams of a better afterlife and a whole lot of C4 strapped to his/her chest walks in and you can probably guess what could happen. Especially if these people coordinated these attacks on several congested airports on a Christian holiday weekend. Boom.
And I'm probably going to get SSSS (a code indicating that I'm a high-level security threat requiring extensive screening) on my boarding pass from now on just for writing this.
So here's my thought for the day: what if terrorists don't care about actually taking over a plane now? What if they just want to kill people? Now we've created this huge labyrinthine line that collects unchecked people in an area where there's no escape. Some man (or woman. Terrorist groups are equal-opportunity employers) with dreams of a better afterlife and a whole lot of C4 strapped to his/her chest walks in and you can probably guess what could happen. Especially if these people coordinated these attacks on several congested airports on a Christian holiday weekend. Boom.
And I'm probably going to get SSSS (a code indicating that I'm a high-level security threat requiring extensive screening) on my boarding pass from now on just for writing this.
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