This 100ml restriction makes absolutely no sense at all. If someone wanted to carry out a suicide attack, it would stand to reason that their goal would be to maximise the damage they cause. If that assumption is correct, then it would make little to no sense to detonating it on a plane with a max capacity of 200-500, when the alternative would be to detonate it in the security hall. The delays caused by these 100ml checks create a bottle neck in airports which leads to potentially 1000s of people penned up in a small room waiting to have their deodorant taken away from them. Surly an explosion happening at the security gates would lead to far greater tragedy than the one they are trying to guard against. Absolutely absurd.I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but if it came out the handful of companies that always seem to populate the duty-free area where lobbying to keep security checks in place, I can't say I would be surprised as I'd imagine it being a rather lucrative location to sell deodorant's shampoos, and other basic hygiene essentials.
eastbound|1 year ago
We’re stuck in a local minimum where people extract the most money from each other.