If I were in favor of this unconstitutional and illegal grope-and-porn scheme, I’d reply something like this:
You’re taking this too broadly.
When we talk about safety, we mean “safety from attacks”, not prevention of accidents. Sure, the government oversees the safety of aircraft themselves - and of automobiles as well. But the primary responsibility for such things belongs to the airlines and automakers.
We have been threatened and attacked by groups seeking to cause terror and disrupt our ability to carry on as Americans. That is the specific target for our security measures. So your statistics on other dangers are irrelevant to this subject.
Not really. You see what really happened after 9-11 is that the Terrorists Really won as they have led us to self-impose a level of security to travel by air that is beyond reasonable and reality. They have in effect given those in Government the opportunity to impose a Police State on us that at one point we The Public were willing to cede.
But you see what one point do we question all of that? Do we relinquish our Liberty all in the name of safer, or in reality, the illusion of safer Air Travel or do we demand that our rights be maintained.
Granted I am not advocating no security measures I am only questioning just how much security is really necessary.
The statistics I quoted only point out for the amount of money we are spending the real chances of anything happening are remote at best.
Our Intelligence Operations are our best bet of keeping terrorists from carrying out activities and they are doing that job very well.