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Originally Posted by panerd
I will answer three different ways...
1. Doomsday answer: Let's suppose he was in the bathroom trying to light his shoes on fire to blow up the plane. So his objective is to try to blow up the plane? How does scrambling fighter jets to blow up the plane help with this problem? Besides making you somehow feel safer this doesn't really make any sense. The school I teach at suspends kids for skipping school, again how does this address the problem or prevent it from happening again in the future? I would welcome another answer but the fighter jet answer doesn't really address the issue at hand at all. And you did respond to JPhillips talking about nail clippers and mini shampoos. Would love to hear how this zero tolerance strategy is going... No 9-11 like attacks? How many were there before 9-11?
2. Realistically: This shit costs money. Not even getting into wars and politics just the security, just the cost of the TSA and homeland security. Someone has to pay for it. (In both ticket fees, lost airline jobs, lost productivity) I think it is an incredibly expensive facade.
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You're missing the point entirely. The people on the ground don't know what really is going on in that plane. Just because the pilot states that the guy was trying to blow up the plane with his shoes, doesn't mean its true. A person will say anything if he's got a gun to his head, and the lives of hundreds of passengers in his hands. Or maybe the bomb gives off some kind of gas that disables everyone on the plane, unless they are wearing a gas mask. You just don't know.
I always assumed that there are fighter jets constantly flying around over our airways just in case another 9/11 occurs. If these guys are up in the air anyway, and something like this happens where there may be ven the slightest chance of danger, why not have them escort the plane until it lands safely? We are paying for the salaries and the planes and the fuel when they are doing manuevers anyway, so what do you have to lose by being extra cautious?