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Published On: Aug 29, 2006 02:20 AM
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Published On: Aug 29, 2006 02:20 AM
False Sense of Insecurity
All right. Who did
it?
I'm sitting on the runway in Detroit, because there was apparently a security breach inside the terminal. For some reason, this means that all the planes are requested to stay in place until the situation is resolved.
Nice one, somebody.
Of course, it's probably nothing. Over the course of this trip, I've managed to see first hand just how ridiculously paranoid we're all getting about security issues.
Case in point -- I was in Waverly Train Station in Edinburgh, and I'd just polished off a couple of Cornish pasties. I was looking around for a litter bin, into which I could place my litter. After wandering around for 15 minutes, I finally asked at the information desk, where I was told "We no longer have litter bins because of security concerns. Just leave it on the ground and someone will come by and collect it."
As if, in the event someone actually wanted to plant a bomb in a train station, the lack of trash cans would stop them from finding a place to plant it. Right.
Right now, the BAA (British version of the American FAA) is being sued by at least one airline, because of their ridiculous security measures. On British flights, carryon bags have been seriously restricted; you can only carry on one bag and it must meet extremely tight size restrictions. The idea is, apparently, that thinner bags are easier for screeners to screen. The airlines are losing money because they are facing delayed flights from having to check a lot more bags than usual, and not having as much space for luggage. They're also losing more luggage, apparently.
I don't know the nature of the security breach here in Detroit. It's probably something silly like someone ran through the metal detectors or something. Who knows? Maybe it'll be on CNN later.
I'm sitting on the runway in Detroit, because there was apparently a security breach inside the terminal. For some reason, this means that all the planes are requested to stay in place until the situation is resolved.
Nice one, somebody.
Of course, it's probably nothing. Over the course of this trip, I've managed to see first hand just how ridiculously paranoid we're all getting about security issues.
Case in point -- I was in Waverly Train Station in Edinburgh, and I'd just polished off a couple of Cornish pasties. I was looking around for a litter bin, into which I could place my litter. After wandering around for 15 minutes, I finally asked at the information desk, where I was told "We no longer have litter bins because of security concerns. Just leave it on the ground and someone will come by and collect it."
As if, in the event someone actually wanted to plant a bomb in a train station, the lack of trash cans would stop them from finding a place to plant it. Right.
Right now, the BAA (British version of the American FAA) is being sued by at least one airline, because of their ridiculous security measures. On British flights, carryon bags have been seriously restricted; you can only carry on one bag and it must meet extremely tight size restrictions. The idea is, apparently, that thinner bags are easier for screeners to screen. The airlines are losing money because they are facing delayed flights from having to check a lot more bags than usual, and not having as much space for luggage. They're also losing more luggage, apparently.
I don't know the nature of the security breach here in Detroit. It's probably something silly like someone ran through the metal detectors or something. Who knows? Maybe it'll be on CNN later.
Posted: Mon - August 28, 2006 at 09:56 PM |
