(March 5, 2010 at 9:52 am)Eilonnwy Wrote:(March 4, 2010 at 12:43 pm)tavarish Wrote: The big deal is that only FAA licensed airport employees are supposed to be in the tower. That's it. It was a breach of security for the kid to even be in there, much less tell pilots where to go. I understand the pilots were light hearted, and I do agree that it was blown out of proportion, but I also understand why America is edgy with this sort of thing. This happened a few miles away from my house and I saw it on my local news.
It basically exposes a chink in the armor, not something you'd want in a country that takes terrorism pretty seriously. You can't say the word "bomb" in an airport, or joke about it. Seriously, they have signs when you go through the terminal.
I understand the concerns....but, there's a difference between recognizing a flaw and correcting it and FREAKING THE FUCK OUT. The media is overreacting way to much. I saw one clip where the reporter went to a person at Logan airport and told them about this before they were getting on a plane and news anchor commented "Probably not something she wants to hear before flying." That was a facepalm moment.
Of course, I live in Boston, THE KING OF OVERREACTING!
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The FAA isn't very lighthearted when it comes to security breaches, but the main concern is that it got out to the press, who ran with it. When it's recognized, obviously the public will freak out because it's something they can't control and will assume that it's been going on like this for quite some time. Pretty infantile and delusional, but that's what happens when you tell a bunch of overly sensitive and irrational people something they don't want to hear.
