> If current methods were working, neither bomber would've been able to bring fire onto the plane. What you just said was that in order to meet your standard o

> If current methods were working, neither bomber would've been able to bring fire onto the plane. What you just said was that in order to meet your standard of working, a security system must produce no false negatives at all. I'm sure you didn't mean that because it's a totally ridiculous position to hold, but I just wanted to point it out in case anyone else took you at your words. > I'd say a 450% increase in wait times is significant. Indeed. When I read the grandparent I was unsure whether he was being sarcastic when talking about the jump in wait time. I just flew home from Hong Kong today and the additional screening process probably took an hour or so of full-time effort from ten or fifteen security people. It's hard for me to believe that this system can remain in place permanently.