Policies are working well for one airline:
https://www.theatlantic.com/interna...ian-airlines-is-trolling-donald-trump/520755/
https://www.theatlantic.com/interna...ian-airlines-is-trolling-donald-trump/520755/
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U.S. Bans Tablets and Laptops on Flights From Eight Middle Eastern Countries [Update: U.K. Plans Similar Ban]
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Now IATA has an opinion.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-electronics-iata-idUSKBN16Z2J3
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-electronics-iata-idUSKBN16Z2J3
Well, here it is, liberals. Straight from your online bible:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/terrorist-laptop-bombs-may-evade-security/index.html
The irony of their title is not lost on me considering they were one of the first to criticize this ban.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/31/politics/terrorist-laptop-bombs-may-evade-security/index.html
The irony of their title is not lost on me considering they were one of the first to criticize this ban.
Because again, optics is everything.
1) The ban did not mention intelligence.
2 The ban was too narrow.
Any terrorist organization with the resources to acquire the equipment to test security is smart enough and organized enough to build those bombs somewhere else.
If that becomes normal, long flights, hell any flights, will suck donkey balls. Airlines are rapidly removing in-seat screens in favour of streaming to your device. The selection is not great, worse if you fly a lot.
1) The ban did not mention intelligence.
2 The ban was too narrow.
Any terrorist organization with the resources to acquire the equipment to test security is smart enough and organized enough to build those bombs somewhere else.
If that becomes normal, long flights, hell any flights, will suck donkey balls. Airlines are rapidly removing in-seat screens in favour of streaming to your device. The selection is not great, worse if you fly a lot.
I saw the headline on a tv while I was somewhere. Surprising news but CNN. I guess that the intelligence was very good this time.
Because there was very little information when the ban was put in place. The ban is still ineffective as terrorist will now just fly out of a non middle eastern airport. They can always have a connecting flight in a European city.
It still makes no sense. Either ban electronics on all international flights or none at all.
And if security was really an issue, why wasn't a ban put in place February of last year when a laptop bomb was actually went off. Why wait a year later?
The ban also comes at a time where American based airlines have lost international flight revenue to Arabian gulf airlines. Owners of American airlines even tried to restrict flights from the gulf to the US. They accused them of unfair competition and whole bunch of other things.
It seems like Trump our isolationist in chief granted US airlines their wish.
Also, why does the ban not apply to US airlines from those airports?
Again, for the countries the UK selected, it applied the ban to all airlines.
Again, for the countries the UK selected, it applied the ban to all airlines.
After reading the CNN article on the new laptop bombs, I agree it should apply to all airlines.
There was plenty of information. We just weren't privy to it. Liberals cried like babies anyway.
And if you read the article, laptops weren't banned from all airports due to heightened security at all US and European airports.
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Just today? Really?
I did not say CNN can't annoy a lot, but I'll take it before Murdoch.
The worst is the repetitive "Situation Room".
The article said that US and European airports apply multiple layers of security, specifically naming bomb sniffing dogs and testing for minute amounts of bomb residue, not just putting it through an x-ray machine or powering it on.
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Every time I mistakenly click on CNN, I see at least 5 fear mongonering sensational "articles". Maybe their TV programming is more balanced, but I don't know.
I was talking about airlines, not airports.
I don't go to cnn.com . The webpage loads a lot of junk and I can just visit newspapers.
My guess would be that there are behind-the-scene security measures that are airline specific. Of course, a complete airport ban would be preferable, but we can all guess how that would go.
I don't buy it. All carry-ons go through the same scanners.
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Without proof, your view is also a theory/opinion, which they seem to disagree with.
Insinuating?
No, instead, I very much strongly suspect that this is what this is all about; I doubt that there is another equally credible explanation for such a ludicrously devised policy initiative.