Comments on: Your shoes remain a threat to security http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/ Living the first class life -- at coach prices Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:55:54 -0700 hourly 1 By: Clear / Verified Identity Pass shuts down | Upgrade: Travel Better http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-28395 Clear / Verified Identity Pass shuts down | Upgrade: Travel Better Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:14:39 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-28395 [...] - Do airlines’ most frequent flyers deserve shorter security lines? - Your shoes remain a threat to security - Would you pay a fee to reserve a time to pass through airport security? Categorized in: airport [...] [...] – Do airlines’ most frequent flyers deserve shorter security lines? – Your shoes remain a threat to security – Would you pay a fee to reserve a time to pass through airport security? Categorized in: airport [...]

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]]> By: Oliver http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16770 Oliver Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:05:45 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16770 TierFlyer, and why would that be the case? It either detects explosives on a person, or it doesn't. And aren't we at war? Can we afford mistakes like this? Surely we could have afforded a test under realistic conditions (but outside the airport), if that's what it takes. TierFlyer, and why would that be the case? It either detects explosives on a person, or it doesn’t.

And aren’t we at war? Can we afford mistakes like this? Surely we could have afforded a test under realistic conditions (but outside the airport), if that’s what it takes.

]]> By: TierFlyer http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16769 TierFlyer Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:58:41 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16769 Brian - People keep saying that, but as you can't possibly prove that (nor the inverse) it's not a very interesting thing to say. Mark - It may well have worked fine in testing (see: Vega) but not so well in mass distribution. Like nationalized health care, things that work in small doses often fail when applied to larger systems. -TF Brian – People keep saying that, but as you can’t possibly prove that (nor the inverse) it’s not a very interesting thing to say.

Mark – It may well have worked fine in testing (see: Vega) but not so well in mass distribution. Like nationalized health care, things that work in small doses often fail when applied to larger systems.

-TF

]]> By: Brian http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16758 Brian Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:56:09 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16758 Sorry commenters, I can't side with you. While I understand everyone's desire for safety, the absurd rigmarole we're put through at security isn't enhancing our security. Sorry commenters, I can’t side with you. While I understand everyone’s desire for safety, the absurd rigmarole we’re put through at security isn’t enhancing our security.

]]> By: Mark Ashley http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16747 Mark Ashley Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:57:12 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16747 Admitting they're wrong: good. Deploying ineffective and insufficiently tested equipment under the guise of enhanced security, especially at premium prices: bad. Admitting they’re wrong: good.

Deploying ineffective and insufficiently tested equipment under the guise of enhanced security, especially at premium prices: bad.

]]> By: TierFlyer http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16735 TierFlyer Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:00:10 +0000 http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/2007/10/10/your-shoes-remain-a-threat-to-security/#comment-16735 Actually, I think you have the wrong end of that stick - good for them for deciding that a decision they'd already made was *wrong* and then publicly retracting it. It would have been much easier to just have some good inside groupthink and use the machine anyway. Airport security is like any security - it is not designed to make you comfy but to work. -TF Actually, I think you have the wrong end of that stick – good for them for deciding that a decision they’d already made was *wrong* and then publicly retracting it.

It would have been much easier to just have some good inside groupthink and use the machine anyway.

Airport security is like any security – it is not designed to make you comfy but to work.

-TF

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