How about closing the barn door before the horse gets out, for once?

I was listening to a discussion of terrorism the other day and the expert was implying that luggage containers and aircraft holds could be readily hardened by adding a layer of kevlar or simailar material. The expert implied that such hardening would prevent an explosion in the hiold from causing the plane to crash.

Assuming that this expert is correct then;

1. The kevlar would add a certain amount of weight to each plane, reducing the profit for the airlines;

but

2. It sure beats having a plane blown up in mid air.

I think we are all agreed that no amount of pre-flight inspection of bagggage will eliminate all threats. Doesn't it make sense to ensure that if a bomb is smuggled aboard, the plane is protected? Why are we waiting for the next disaster before we do this?

what you do about what gets on the plane,
a SAM will bring down a plane.

we should have focused on stopping arms trafficking? What a novel notion!

our great Jebus loving country if we did anything to hurt The Golden Idol of Corporate Profits?

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What was that first Commandment again?

for military style anti-SAM protections on each plane. It would be especially hard for the enemy to upgrade unless we spread out even better weapons across the globe. Even a sign stating we have anti-missile protection might act like the fake security sign some people paste on their front doors.

When the israelis sat down and met with these now reeling company idiot they blanched at the cost(and the PR) of installing REAL security in their planes. Now they are still penny-pinching and engaging in a dogfight with customer alarm and anger hoping they will be just as eager to reduce costs and checkpoint discomfort.

This is, by the way, what you get in vital human services when a for-profit motive gets pushed by crisis.
It may have been dandy when the sun was shining, but the first bump and lives don't matter a damn.

Can you think of other private sector services(the number is growing stupidly) where it is madness to entrust people or organizations run on a bottom line profit basis. There are days when socialism and nationalizing businesses seems like mere self-defense, when regulation is pathetically just trying to keep the Mafia from destroying the whole nation. When there is no regulation at all, in fact, on that day
we become profit fodder, actually propping up and adding seasoning to ourselves as a meal for corporations to glut on.