alt Hacker NewsMost private planes taking off from commercial airports (the ones where TSA generally operates) are much larger than a Piper Dakota.
(But regardless, it’s not clear that the TSA is even performing that kind of calculus.)
Most private planes taking off from commercial airports (the ones where TSA generally operates) are much larger than a Piper Dakota.
(But regardless, it’s not clear that the TSA is even performing that kind of calculus.)
A G650 still loses to a motivated U-haul. :)
No argument though, just saying it's a hard problem, and the scaling issue makes it somewhat awkward to deploy security resources in proportion to the threat.
I don't have a solution. I'm not exactly thrilled with the current setup, but I try to stay quiet since I can't think of anything better.