Y'all, It has been with some degree of interest that I've read the comments about the "Get Smart" shoe bomb guy. The thing that keeps on amazing me is how strong the cry is for government intervention. All around the world (yes, even in Paris), security is 'tight', there are armed guards at the airports, and here in the U.S. we even have the F-15's chasing down airliners. How utterly rediculous. The people who saved the day were the crew and passengers. They are the ones we need to protect. Our current system harasses and intimidates crewmembers and passengers, not the criminals. When are we ever going to figure out that the government is utterly incompetent at handling aviation security? V- ================================================================== Varrin Swearingen ICQ#16241843 varrin@sugargroup.net Congressional Candidate, CA District 20 http://varrin.com MD-11 First Officer World Airways Drums & Percussion Audio Engineering ==================================================================