Plus on EL AL I think you have to get to the airport like, 3 hours in advance. That might work for a 12-hour international flight but can you realistically ask that of a businessperson going from LGA to ORD, or LAX to SFO? Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Newbold" <pnewbold@san.rr.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:29 AM Subject: Security in US Vs Tel Aviv (was 60 minutes) > Does anyone know how many daily flights El Al operates? Compare that > figure with what goes out of San Diego each day, much less ATL or ORD, and > you'll understand why we cannot operate security checks similar to El Al. > Airline flights in the US are essentially mass transit, (anyone riding a > coach seat coast to coast knows what I'm talking about), and designed for > quick turns. > Must be 10 to 15000 passengers a day departing from SAN...How many > questioners would it require to interview these passengers? Who would pay > for it? Would we be any safer? Would the passenger stand in line for hours > to be interrogated? I'm contining to get the feeling that many people would > kill the airline industry in order to save it. > > Greg N > SAN > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Wilhoft [mailto:dcjrwil@yahoo.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 6:34 PM > To: Skyone; airline listserv > Subject: [Sky-1] 60 Minnutes II Report on Israeli security > > > Last night 60 Minnutes II had a report on security at > Ben Gurion Airport and how it compares with US > security and I say based on what I say we have a long > way befroe we have good security at our airports they > have undercover guards throughout the airport,a > securty check point to go through before you get to > the airport terminal and very stringet screening of > people using proflies(I know it is a bad word here in > the US) but than again they dont have hijackers taking > over aircraft and crshing them into buildings...Dan..PHL > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! > Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! > Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! > http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/DmVolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > SkyOne--The Airline News Channel > To Post message: Skyone@yahoogroups.com > To Subscribe: Skyone-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > To Unsubscribe: Skyone-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: Skyone-owner@yahoogroups.com > Skyone URL: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Skyone > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/