[IP] more on Logan ... frequent fliers

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Jordan Pollack <pollack@cs.brandeis.edu>
Date: September 30, 2005 3:15:45 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Logan ... frequent fliers


The really ironic part of all this is that 9/11 instantaneously  
changed the psychology of  the "Hijackee." Instead of a passive "hope- 
to-land-in-Havana"
mentality, many people have an active "rip-hijackers-to-shreds-using- 
fingernails" stance.

There have been nearly zero hijackings since, so all the added hassle  
and shoe and nailclipper removal may be a very expensive placebo.
We could almost take down the metal detectors at this point in  
history and rely on passengers to secure their own planes.

Jordan

Here is last 30 years of hijacking fatalities worldwide from http:// 
aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?Event=SEH

1975 :    2
1976 :    15
1977 :    114
1978 :    3
1979 :    1
1980 :    1
1981 :    6
1982 :    1
1983 :    12
1984 :    7
1985 :    65
1986 :    80
1987 :    2
1988 :    13
1989 :    1
1990 :    86
1991 :    6
1992 :    4
1993 :    4
1994 :    8
1995 :    0
1996 :    125
1997 :    1
1998 :    1
1999 :    3
2000 :    5
2001 :    268
2002 :    2
2003 :    0
2004 :    0
2005 :    0




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