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though I'm there with you in spirit, clearly there need be some kind of national oversight. airlines are too "big a deal" to fail in the way you describe.

• Cushman 15y ago
  What makes an airplane with 100 people on it more "big a deal" than a bus with the same? The effort spent on security is wildly disproportionate to the risk-- based, it seems, on the supposition that terrorists care fabulously more about damaging faith in American air travel than actually killing Americans. I'm not saying I know anything one way or another, but that seems crazy.
  • MSexton 15y ago
    An airplane can easily go off course and (busses don't work too well off road), and hit anything, taking down large buildings and downtown areas. A bus could easily kill the 100 passengers and some nearby cars.
    • ams6110 15y ago
      I recall a U-haul taking out a Federal building some year back.