THE USUAL CRAP!
NEW YORK, Mar 21, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Coalition for Luggage Security said today, according to an Associated Press article, a passenger carrying a boxcutter slipped past a security check point at Reagan National Airport and caused the closing and re-screening of all passengers of the South Terminal. The passenger carrying the boxcutter could not be located.
http://www.wusatv9.com/news/news_art...?storyid=47709
"Apparently, now we obviously need extra precautions to identify the potential weapon and passenger before they are allowed to pass through security. Procedures are obviously not in place or not working when a passenger is separated from their belongings at security check points to be able to identify what belongs to whom," said Harvey Abelson, Coalition Director.
"What will future anthropologist say of these types of alarming stories? When alarms do not go off we allow material for Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) to go through security check points and screening (
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11863165/from/RS.5/). When alarms do go off we lose the weapon and the passenger altogether," said Richard A. Altomare, Founder and President of the Coalition for Luggage Security and CEO of Universal Express, Inc. (OTCBB:USXP)
"The massive cost and inconvenience that we endure at passenger screening is a charade to produce a sense of security for the passenger. The Coalition's goal of separating luggage from passenger aircraft once again becomes clear, as it does these days on a daily basis (
http://www.usxp.com/securitywp.pdf). Security seems to be at the mercy of confusion. Limit the confusion, concentrate on passengers, and create a safer flying environment," concluded Mr. Altomare.