No Scan, No Flight

[straitman]

An interesting article and link.

Avoiding A Body Scanner Debacle


Posted by Andrew Compart at 1/20/2010 11:20 AM CST


[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]You can’t act too quickly when it comes to protecting airlines from terrorists wearing explosive underwear.[/FONT][FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]
[/FONT]
[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Or perhaps you can.[/FONT]

[FONT=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]I’m not arguing here that full-body-image scanners are ineffective (although they are not the panacea some people make them out to be), or that they should not be used more widely or even used for every passenger. But there is ample reason to be a bit leery about rushing to install them and use them for everyone.[/FONT]

 

[stryker]

The issue for me is that they spend 95% of their effort scanning people who aren't a risk.

I'd say more like 99.94%.