My approach is definately questionable, I won't deny and should have stated that.
However, from the tone of your reply I think that perhaps you don't quite see where I'm going with my approach.
I'm talking about a simpler bureaucracy, not a more complex one. Ideally the government wouldn't be involved at all. I would suggest letting the airlines have access to the informaiton they think they need (ok, governmental safeguards could protect the data from misuse). The airlines have a vested intrest in getting more people to the planes by both not tagging too many as potential terrorists and also preventing crashes, avoiding huge PR problems. I then say "here's information, now you figure out who's who."
There are a couple of obvious problems with this statement, but that's my approach in a nutshell. There is LESS bureaucracy, though, not more. I am also completely opposed to the curent action of putting governmental employees at the security counters in the airports, replacing the airline employees and creating another level of bureaucracy, ineffectually in my opinion.
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Date: 2002-09-23 09:42 am (UTC)However, from the tone of your reply I think that perhaps you don't quite see where I'm going with my approach.
I'm talking about a simpler bureaucracy, not a more complex one. Ideally the government wouldn't be involved at all. I would suggest letting the airlines have access to the informaiton they think they need (ok, governmental safeguards could protect the data from misuse). The airlines have a vested intrest in getting more people to the planes by both not tagging too many as potential terrorists and also preventing crashes, avoiding huge PR problems. I then say "here's information, now you figure out who's who."
There are a couple of obvious problems with this statement, but that's my approach in a nutshell. There is LESS bureaucracy, though, not more. I am also completely opposed to the curent action of putting governmental employees at the security counters in the airports, replacing the airline employees and creating another level of bureaucracy, ineffectually in my opinion.
Feel free to disagree, I almost do :)