A Personal View – expressed by Omer Laviv

17 Aug 2010

Many of my friends and colleagues ask me whether I now feel better about the standards of the security checks taking place at airports. “Why should I?” I respond. “Because for many years now”, the answer goes, “you aviation security guys have been preaching that metal detection gates are not suitable for passenger screening any more. It seems that, because of recent events, everybody finally agrees with you.”

Well, I’m sorry, but it does not make me any happier. It actually makes me angry. The reason it grates is because I hate it when decisions regarding security issues are taken in the wrong manner. We shouldn’t have to wait for something to happen in order to make a decision to implement new and effective security measures…MORE ONLINE

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