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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy
Well lets look at this logicically.
Being a terrorist target, as anyone in aviation is, I tend to get a bit more information from my union, The security services etc than most of us.
None of the moves put in place by the then government stopped some determined individuals driving their cars into airports back in 2007.
If we change our lives and start to change the way we live because we are in fear, then the terrorist has won.
The bombing in Russia was Chechens. Not al-qaeda.
We don't live in a police state, yet....
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A few suicidal idiots have managed to make flying a much longer process than it ought to be and so I agree with your sentiments. Ten years ago I suspect most of us hadn't even considered the possibility of someone trying to blow up a plane, now it's right in our face every time we fly.
However, whilst standing in a very long queue at Nice airport last year it crossed my mind just how easy it would be to smuggle explosives onto a plane if you really put your mind to it. Security checks are for the good of all but a determined and imaginative bomber probably wouldn't have too much trouble sneaking something unpleasant onto an aeroplane.
Screaming 'high alert' constantly doesn't make things safer because people get numb to it but I still remain resentful of the people who have put the world in this situation, not the authorities trying to prevent it.