RE: Lets blame 11/9 for everyt
El Al is quite extreme. I wouldn’t advocate following their approach at all.
What annoys me is inconsistency and hypocrisy. The plastic/metal cuttlery is a case in point. They get unhappy if you try and bring a pair of nail clippers on board, then go and give you a metal knife or fork. Like I said, inconsistent.
Basically, how about the following:
1. Consistent policies
2. Often, the stewardess opens the cockpit door inflight for whatever reason. I thought this was supposed to have stopped?
3. More X-raying of hold baggage. I used to think this happened automatically, but twice in the last year I have been told by the check-in people to take my luggage across the hall to a security chap, who placed it in an X-ray machine and then put it into the baggage system after he’d checked it. I hardly ever see this happen, though. It must only be a random 0.5% of passengers or similar – how about 2 or 3% at random, instead?
4. Install secondary x-rays/arches at the gate (in case you could get hold of something in the departure lounge)
5. Widen the occurence of having your pic taken when you go into the departure lounge (and a barcode stuck to your boarding pass). I’ve only ever seen this in the UK (well, at MAN, LHR and LGW). This helps track passengers through the airport and also decreases the possibility of unaccompanies bags being flown, through error etc..
6. An audit that security policies are being adhered to as part of an annual safety and security report to the CAA, FAA or whoever.
7. CCTV in the cabin.
8. CONSISTENCY
9. I am not really an airline expert (just a hobby) but hopefully I’m an intelligent commerical person. The real experts should be consulted by all and every airlines. I know this happens, but the usual impression I get is that they advise the board, maybe hold a few training sessions…they don’t check for consistency and a security-focused mind set amongst ordinary staff.
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