thursday 1 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Says BA chairman. This from the Telegraph. Quote: Passengers are needlessly removing their shoes and having their laptops inspected due to pointless security checks at airports, the chairman of British Airways has claimed. Martin Broughton criticised “redundant†airport checks and said Britain should stop “kowtowing†to American demands for increased security. He told the annual conference of the UK Airport Operators Association in London that many of the security checks should be scrapped. Mr Broughton added that there was no need to “kowtow to the Americans every time they wanted something done†to bolster security on flights bound for the United States. In a speech he said: “America does not do internally a lot of the things they demand that we do. We shouldn’t stand for that. We should say, 'we’ll only do things which we consider to be essential and that you Americans also consider essential’.†He pointed out that many of the checks, such as making passengers remove their footwear, are not required on internal US flights. It was introduced after the “shoe bomber†Richard Reid hid explosives in his shoes on a transatlantic flight in 2001. Measures were increased following other threats. Liquids over 100ml were banned from flights after a plot in August 2006 which threatened to blow up a flight using liquid explosives and America increased demands for extra passenger checks on flights after a Nigerian man tried to detonate a device hidden in his underwear on a flight to Detroit in December last year. He continued: “We all know there’s quite a number of elements in the security programme which are completely redundant and they should be sorted out.†He also suggested that differing attitudes towards technology made checks on laptops pointless. “Take the iPad, they still haven’t decided if it is a laptop or it isn’t a laptop. So some airports think you should take it out and some think you shouldn’t,†Mr Broughton said. For once I agree with a BA scumbag. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 The shoes and belt thing always was ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 And the laptop thing is the most annoying of the lot. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Its just so the scumbags can steal your aftershave. For those of you flying back into Australia, you realise that there is no carry on duty free booze. Only the US and Australia have this rule. Qantas enforces it. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Quote: He pointed out that many of the checks, such as making passengers remove their footwear, are not required on internal US flights. Uh, yes they are, actually. May or may not make sense, but inconsistent it's not. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Whatever, they're a bloody pain. And the way they handle your gear as well - death rays given to a guy in Heathrow in summer who was literally throwing my computer about. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 They don't give a crap do they. If only they dropped the attitude. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 they're a buncha c**ts. They jel your stuff, so they try to break it. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 Yeah the staff at Heathrow are generally a nightmare. Link to post Share on other sites
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