Two Things Have Prevented Another 9/11 Attack
Lisa Simeone, in a comment at NJ.com:
What has prevented a 9/11-style attack is two things and two things only: the cockpit doors have been secured, and passengers will no longer silently submit (which is more than I can say for TSA apologists).If you want to go by facts -- a very unpopular position post-9/11, I know -- we in this country have enjoyed safe aviation for over 50 years, with, in all that time, only 2 -- count 'em -- 2 bombs that have been detonated on planes. And both of those occurred in the 1960s. One plane landed safely, no fatalities, no injuries. The other didn't.
The hysteria and paranoia in this country are off the charts. You're more in danger driving to the airport than getting on a plane. Keep giving up your rights, people, and then one day when you find they're all gone, you'll have only yourself to blame.
via @MarkWBennett
So I'm not the only one saying it.
Jeff G.,
Please say everyone else is wrong as well and we need the TSA.
Jim P. at March 31, 2013 5:25 AM
More TSA news.
Radwaste at March 31, 2013 11:11 AM
To be fair, there is a third factor in preventing attacks: the work being done by intel agencies to identify conspirators and shut down plots before they can get started. Remember, if a consipracy did actually succeed in getting a bomb to an airport with a courier or mule, there is a fairly high probability that it would clear TSA.
Cousin Dave at April 1, 2013 6:56 AM
UAL flt 629 in 1955. A bomb planted by a man who wanted to kill his mother destroyed the aircraft with all passengers and crew killed. One of my father's officers had decided to fly commercial and return home on leave. He was one of those killed. Check on wikipedia for a long list of other bombing losses.
Bar Sinister at April 1, 2013 7:44 AM
Bar Sinister,
I'm sorry for your father's loss.
But looking at the Wikipedia timeline says there have been between 86 aircraft bombings worldwide. Let's just say that there have been 1000 actual bombing between the cover-ups by the Soviet Union, FAA, ICAO and all the rest of the aviation organizations.
From one stat I found there were 28,200 aircraft launches, per day, in May 2005 alone (answers.google.com/answers/threadview/id/561518.html). So let's call the average from the 1960's to now at 15K launches per day (365) for 40 years = 219,000,000.
I'll let you do the math on how risky bombs truly are.
Jim P. at April 1, 2013 8:45 PM
WAIT A MINUTE.
TSA was NOT established to keep bombs off planes. It was established specifically because hijackers would be kamikaze.
Radwaste at April 2, 2013 9:12 AM
Rad,
You and I both know what is reality.
The TSA supporters refuse to acknowledge that the flying public changed as shown by United 93. The backup argument is always bombs.
So then I show the bomb stats as I did above. The argument on that is either crickets or accusation that I don't know statistical analysis. I'll admit I never had an anal. stats class, but I think I have at least an layman understanding of the subject. When you get into the 218B:1 odds against, you don't really need to get in depth analysis for all probabilities.
Jim P. at April 2, 2013 9:28 PM
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