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I think most people missed the most important part of the story > The large box carrying Ghosn was never x-rayed or checked by customs officials, because it wa

by csomar 5y ago

I think most people missed the most important part of the story > The large box carrying Ghosn was never x-rayed or checked by customs officials, because it was too big to fit inside the x-ray machine The security theater we have to go through in the airport is just that: a pathetic security theater. You have a large box, that's definitively something that you gotta check. If you can't x-ray it, then at least open it?

dehrmann 5y ago
You're conflating the role of TSA (or Japan's equivalent) with customs. The security risk of taking an uninspected box on a private jet is pretty low, and private jets routinely have fewer security checks. On the customs side, they're usually less concerned with someone smuggling something out of the country than smuggling something in. About the only thing they would have cared about leaving the country like that on a private jet is Carlos Ghosn.
- csomar 5y ago
  I don't think you could be right. There are lots of things that could be smuggled out of a country at all times: Precious metals, precious art and historical artifacts, Money and Drugs, etc... A country does care about what is coming out of its territory. If you have a high incidence of drugs coming out of Japan, the country will be flagged by the other countries. This makes shipping both expensive and difficult. > The security risk of taking an uninspected box on a private jet is pretty low, and private jets routinely have fewer security checks. I don't have the stats, but I'd argue that on a % basis, it's less likely that a single traveler is carrying something illegal than a private jet owner. I think the reason private jet owner do not get "scanned" is their status. That would annoy these persons and Japan (and most countries) do not want to annoy them.
  - wwtrv 5y ago
    I’d assume that the likelihood that a passenger on a private jet would intend to hijack it or blow it up is rather low. Which is what the TSA cares about. Even if that happens it’s of lesser concern to the public than if it happened on a passenger jet.

by csomar 5y ago

dehrmann 5y ago

You're conflating the role of TSA (or Japan's equivalent) with customs. The security risk of taking an uninspected box on a private jet is pretty low, and private jets routinely have fewer security checks. On the customs side, they're usually less concerned with someone smuggling something out of the country than smuggling something in. About the only thing they would have cared about leaving the country like that on a private jet is Carlos Ghosn.

csomar 5y ago
I don't think you could be right. There are lots of things that could be smuggled out of a country at all times: Precious metals, precious art and historical artifacts, Money and Drugs, etc... A country does care about what is coming out of its territory. If you have a high incidence of drugs coming out of Japan, the country will be flagged by the other countries. This makes shipping both expensive and difficult. > The security risk of taking an uninspected box on a private jet is pretty low, and private jets routinely have fewer security checks. I don't have the stats, but I'd argue that on a % basis, it's less likely that a single traveler is carrying something illegal than a private jet owner. I think the reason private jet owner do not get "scanned" is their status. That would annoy these persons and Japan (and most countries) do not want to annoy them.
- wwtrv 5y ago
  I’d assume that the likelihood that a passenger on a private jet would intend to hijack it or blow it up is rather low. Which is what the TSA cares about. Even if that happens it’s of lesser concern to the public than if it happened on a passenger jet.