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Airport Security Prize Announced
Reservoir Hill writes "Verified Identity Pass, a firm that offers checkpoint services at airports, has announced a $500,000 award for any solution that will make airport security checks quicker and simpler for passengers. The cash prize will go to any individual, company or institution that can get customers through airport security 15% faster, at a cost of less than 25 cents per passenger, using technology or processes that will be approved by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Passengers must not need to remove their clothes or shoes, something that slows down processing significantly. "We're looking at moving things that are conceptual or in the lab to things that we can deploy," says company spokesman Jason Slibeck and added that over 150 individuals, start-ups, defense contractors and universities have shown an interest in the prize. One promising procedure is mass spectroscopy, which involves analyzing the mass-charge ratio of ions on a swab sample taken from a passenger's clothing or air collected from around them to spot traces of substances including explosives or drugs. The Pre-Registration Package Information Sheet is available online."
How bout this, Texas Rules. Anyone can carry their own firearm. This puts the cost of security on the passenger. The airlines wont have to pay for those little derringers and if you are a terrorist you are gonna have to book like 95% of the seats and fill them with gunmen if you wanna hijack that plane. So even if a plane is hijacked a shit load of terrorists will die in the process.
Balderdash!
No need to go that far. I am extremely pro-gun, but handing them out to people untrained in their use is nuts. A far simpler solution is to train the flight crew, then have them carry the guns. Bring back sky marshalls as well. One gun in the cabin would have stopped 9/11 in its tracks.
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!