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How about nothing? We don't have security getting on a bus, we don't have security getting on a train, entering a mall, and barely have it entering a stadium. W

How about nothing? We don't have security getting on a bus, we don't have security getting on a train, entering a mall, and barely have it entering a stadium. Why do we need it getting on a plane?

seanmcdirmid 11y ago
What country are you in? We (china) have security getting on the subway and trains, Thailand and phillipines have security going into malls.
- cowsandmilk 11y ago
  He's in the US, which is where the TSA is generally present.
  - seanmcdirmid 11y ago
    But he didn't mention the TSA specifically in his post. Anyways, if you look outside the USA for a saner system, you'll be quite disappointed.
bottled_poe 11y ago
Because, compared to those other vehicles, the difference between a plane and a guided missile is small.
- vidarh 11y ago
  Yet there's been no epidemic in using planes as guided missiles, despite a long string of hijackings after 9/11. Even including the 9/11 hijackings, your odds of surviving a plane hijacking if you stay down and don't antagonise the hijackers are very good as most of them have goals that does not involve killing themselves or the planets unless absolutely necessary.
- yardie 11y ago
  A guided missile is a an airframe packed with high explosives designed to destroy heavily fortified buildings and vehicles. A passenger plane is a lightweight airframe designed to carry people, cargo, and fuel. Besides the fact they both fly it is a world of difference. A passenger plane carrying 1/2 of its fuel capacity damaged the Pentagon. 2 passenger planes carrying 1/2 their fuel capacity obliterated the WTC towers. This says more about the design of the towers, and resulting engineering shortcuts, than it does about the planes themselves. .
josh_fyi 11y ago
You bet we do. Trains, buses, stadiums, everything. Think of the upside: If you ever thought it might be interesting to visit a police state, traveling there costs a lot less than it used to. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/us/tsa-expands-duties-beyond-airport-security.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/us/tsa-expands-duties-beyo...
Shivetya 11y ago
well we just need to wait until the first terrorist does strike one of those targets and I am quite sure Homeland Security will step in and correct the short fall. While we do not have admission security to a mall like a plane the idea you are not watched in the mall and that there aren't guards around is a bit far fetched. You aren't searched unless you enter a store which has a bag policy because of a theft issue. As for buses and trains, I am quite sure there are guards and cameras, just no oppressive searching of luggage or your person. Once they can make it like "The Running Man" portrayed I won't have much of a problem with it but I don't think the tech is quite there yet

How about nothing? We don't have security getting on a bus, we don't have security getting on a train, entering a mall, and barely have it entering a stadium. Why do we need it getting on a plane?

seanmcdirmid 11y ago

What country are you in? We (china) have security getting on the subway and trains, Thailand and phillipines have security going into malls.

cowsandmilk 11y ago
He's in the US, which is where the TSA is generally present.
- seanmcdirmid 11y ago
  But he didn't mention the TSA specifically in his post. Anyways, if you look outside the USA for a saner system, you'll be quite disappointed.

bottled_poe 11y ago

Because, compared to those other vehicles, the difference between a plane and a guided missile is small.

vidarh 11y ago
Yet there's been no epidemic in using planes as guided missiles, despite a long string of hijackings after 9/11. Even including the 9/11 hijackings, your odds of surviving a plane hijacking if you stay down and don't antagonise the hijackers are very good as most of them have goals that does not involve killing themselves or the planets unless absolutely necessary.
yardie 11y ago
A guided missile is a an airframe packed with high explosives designed to destroy heavily fortified buildings and vehicles. A passenger plane is a lightweight airframe designed to carry people, cargo, and fuel. Besides the fact they both fly it is a world of difference. A passenger plane carrying 1/2 of its fuel capacity damaged the Pentagon. 2 passenger planes carrying 1/2 their fuel capacity obliterated the WTC towers. This says more about the design of the towers, and resulting engineering shortcuts, than it does about the planes themselves. .

josh_fyi 11y ago

You bet we do. Trains, buses, stadiums, everything. Think of the upside: If you ever thought it might be interesting to visit a police state, traveling there costs a lot less than it used to. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/us/tsa-expands-duties-beyond-airport-security.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/us/tsa-expands-duties-beyo...

Shivetya 11y ago

well we just need to wait until the first terrorist does strike one of those targets and I am quite sure Homeland Security will step in and correct the short fall. While we do not have admission security to a mall like a plane the idea you are not watched in the mall and that there aren't guards around is a bit far fetched. You aren't searched unless you enter a store which has a bag policy because of a theft issue. As for buses and trains, I am quite sure there are guards and cameras, just no oppressive searching of luggage or your person. Once they can make it like "The Running Man" portrayed I won't have much of a problem with it but I don't think the tech is quite there yet