Mike the Usurper wrote:
] In the words of Hannover Fist, "Aw, gimmie a break!" Want a
] list of easy ways to kill everyone on an airplane? Here's a
] couple. 1) Mix ammonia and bleach. In an enclosed area you
] have a good chance to simply overcome everyone with the fumes
] before they can land the damn thing. This works best in first
] class. 2) Store your explosives properly. Druggies have
] been getting drugs through airports in this way for years. 3)
] Properly packaged chemical agent. What happens when you fill
] a mini hairspray container with something nasty? You don't
] even need something ugly like Sarin, plain old ether would
] work just fine.
]
] Richard Reid was a moron who might have managed to blow off
] his foot, but the potential for actual damage to the plane was
] minimal. Maybe if he'd flushed his shoes down the toilet
] after lighting them he might have been able to do something,
] but let's get real folks. Everything we've done to "improve
] air travel security" has made a plane safer, maybe, but has
] without question made getting to the plane much more
] dangerous.

I don't think the emphasis should be on keeping planes safe... The real danger is to keep the world safe from planes. A plane used as a missile is ultimately what we are trying to avoid. The real easy way is to have the pilots enter the cockpit from another entrance and keep the cockpit isolated from the rest of the plane. Armed guards might not be such a bad idea either. Aside from that, dying on a plane is only a negligible risk and placebo cures only aid to ease the of mind of the cargos of sheep the planes carry.

RE: Cigarette Lighters Banned From Airplanes