Post by ForeverBigBlue on Jun 3, 2002 7:32:56 GMT -5
Federal action to tighten air security since Sept. 11 doesn't offer a bit of protection against a threat cited just one week ago by the FBI — terrorists interested in using small planes for suicide attacks.
In fact, security remains almost non-existent around the 4,500 airports where more than 220,000 private planes operate. Anybody with a credit card can charter a plane, including a good-sized jet, as easily as renting a car.
Yet while the crackdown on commercial flying could make small planes more attractive to terrorists, little has been done to plug the holes.
To read about the shortcomings of the security, click here.
For the counterpoint to this editorial, go here.
In fact, security remains almost non-existent around the 4,500 airports where more than 220,000 private planes operate. Anybody with a credit card can charter a plane, including a good-sized jet, as easily as renting a car.
Yet while the crackdown on commercial flying could make small planes more attractive to terrorists, little has been done to plug the holes.
To read about the shortcomings of the security, click here.
For the counterpoint to this editorial, go here.
