the nightmare scenario here is a suicide bomber walking into an airport at 5pm rush hour....how do you stop it without stopping everyone outside? Even then, wherever crowds gather, you have a good target. Of course, you might take the fight to the source or else the fight comes to you NOT on your terms. -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of www.joepries.com Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:29 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: LAX gunman - info & opinion in theory, sounds great for U.S. to adopt but in reality- with the current situation being consumed with delays, any additional incrementally added security measures, especially ones as robust as TLV/IST- we're gonna have people who are gonna avoid flying as much as they can. Scott Kinniburgh <SKinniburg@aol.com> wrote: Upon entering into Istanbul Ataturk, and prior to checking your bags, everyone must pass thru screeners/xray equipment including all of your luggage... Is this system practiced in many airports? I have only come across it once... After yesterday, now I finally understand IST Ataturk policy.. perhaps the US needs to think about this. Scott SFO Joe Pries Commercial Aviation Photography Serving the airline industry with quality photography AOL IM AIRLINE72 http://www.joepries.com --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? New! SBC Yahoo! Dial - 1st Month Free & unlimited access