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Did the airlines ever have that responsibility? My understanding was that third party security companies were responsible for screening pre-9/11.
by Karunamon 11y ago
Did the airlines ever have that responsibility? My understanding was that third party security companies were responsible for screening pre-9/11.
- dragonwriter 11y ago> Did the airlines ever have that responsibility? Yes, and several were sued based on screening responsibility that for damages resulting from the 9/11 attacks. > My understanding was that third party security companies were responsible for screening pre-9/11. Yes, the function was outsourced and often provided jointly by one contractor contracted to the the airlines at any given terminal, but the airlines were responsible for it. The proposal to federalize the function going forward first arose, IIRC, as part of discussions about the legislation to bail out the airlines by capping liability stemming from 9/11.
- simoncion 11y agoYou can sue anyone for anything. A skilled prosecutor can indict anyone for anything. Can you provide a citation of such a case that either went to trial, or reached a non-trivial settlement? Links to random blogs won't cut it, unless they actually link to court papers.