As a frequent plane passenger I often have to go through the charade of the “security theatre” before boarding a flight
writes
Koen de Regt of Johannesburg to
The Economist (“
No more of the same, please”,
November 14th), calling it Play Acting.
I have lost many nail clippers, because everyone knows
how dangerous those things are in the hands of a terrorist.
Why then, I wonder, do they still serve dinner with steel knives and
forks in business class? Do airline companies assume that terrorists can
only afford a seat in economy class?
Ten years ago, incidentally, Koen de Regt was living in
Amsterdam.
