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Ah, the good old days... The history of airport security is somewhat interesting. There wasn't a TSA for long time, and the hijackings/flying to Cuba got annoy

Ah, the good old days... The history of airport security is somewhat interesting. There wasn't a TSA for long time, and the hijackings/flying to Cuba got annoying, so metal detectors were added. Everything else since then hasn't made much sense.

splat 11y ago
Interestingly, another approach that was seriously considered was to build a fake "Havana airport" in southern Florida and have the planes land there instead. http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/skyjacking/ http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/skyjacking/