After the attempted Christmas Day bombing and resulting ramp up in airport security it was with some apprehension that I headed to London’s Heathrow airport for my return flight to the U.S. this past weekend. New airport security rules were in effect for flights going to the U.S. and extra screening of passengers and hand baggage at the gate could be expected. The manual search was painstaking as every one of the more than 250 passengers was patted down and had the contents of their bags and footwear reviewed. As our flight finally departed some two hours later than its scheduled take off, I had to question the effectiveness of this risk management process. Wouldn’t the use of advanced equipment such as a body scanner or extra questioning of passengers be more relevant? There were some changes on board the aircraft too. The use of blankets and pillows by passengers during take off and […]

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