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Yeah I've thought this too. Measuring TSA effectiveness by number of knives, guns, and TNT caught in backpacks seems insufficient, because the very existence of
by missedthecue 5y ago
Yeah I've thought this too. Measuring TSA effectiveness by number of knives, guns, and TNT caught in backpacks seems insufficient, because the very existence of the TSA likely dissuades loonies from considering commercial aircraft as a viable option in their plans. But you can't measure the number of events that never happened, so we can't get a full picture of exactly how many attacks the TSA prevents by existing.
- VRay 5y agoYou could measure the number of incidents that didn't happen before the TSA was formed, though Even the deadly hijackings it was formed to prevent wouldn't ever happen again, since the passengers would fight back now
- missedthecue 5y agoBetween 1968 and 1972, over 130 commercial aircraft were hijacked in the US. No hijackings have been reported in the US since 2001. https://www.datagraver.com/thumbs/1300x1300r/2016-03/hijackings.png https://www.datagraver.com/thumbs/1300x1300r/2016-03/hijacki... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/29/hijackings-rare-after-911-security-improvements/82375474/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/03/29/hijackings-ra...
- arbitrage 5y ago.... what happened between 1972 and 2001?
- missedthecue 5y agoTake a look at the graph in my first link. Looks like dozens and dozens of hijackings.