[martin_fierro]

bttt

[null and void]

Nothing to see here, move along.™

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Could be!

Here's a link to a possible related story:

Al-Qaida warning: Muslims leave U.S.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1702968/posts

[Canard]

"the number of such incidents since August was much more than recorded in the past"

I wonder how much of this is an increase in the number of incidents and how much is a change in the recording and reporting of incidents at a time of heightened tension that maybe wouldn't have been reported in the past?

[aimhigh]

Easy solution - don't let Muslims fly.

[basil]

It seems to me that the International Pilots are recommending "profiling" passengers. I hope that is the case.

[Star Traveler]

But, but, but...., I've heard that they aren't going to use airplanes anymore, because we've got those so secure that they would be fools to try it again.

Regards,
Star Traveler

[Oh..., wait a minute, what was going on in England a few weeks back... something about airplanes..., can't quite remember...]

[TomGuy]

disruptive passenger behaviour, bomb threats, misuse of mobile phones in-flight and even an odd smell in the aircraft

How many of these are "look here" activities while other things might be slipping through elsewhere?

[EGPWS]

Strategic experts have warned that some of the recent security incidents in different parts of the world involving aircraft and airports could be 'testers' by terrorists.

Not to worry, we (the U.S.) will get the lowdown from captured terrorists as to whether this is true or not!

Oh, wait a minute....

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

It's rather obvious that it is testing.
Careful, however. When there is an "incident", no matter how small, the reaction is immediate and obsessive. This leaves an opening for a second set of perpetrators to take advantage of the distraction and start a real incident which will do vast damage.

[JustDoItAlways]

These "dry-runs" have been going on for years now.

It should a crime (not sure what the punishment should be) but these guys walk away scot-free every time.

You can't yell "bomb" in an airport or on a plane but you can pretend to actually make one on an airplane or carry one a fake one or act like you are going to highjack a plane and nothing happens to you.

[MizSterious]

Well, we do know the 9/11 gang made several trial runs. It wouldn't surprise me if this turns out to be true. So far, it appears these new trial runs (if that's what they are) have been failures. I hope it stays that way.

[DoctorMichael]

.....Pointing out that less attention was paid to detecting those with destructive intent and more emphasis laid on identifying possible threat objects, ALPA recommended implementation of non-intrusive individual risk assessment.....

Profiling.

[sheik yerbouty]

It's time somebody told the jihad vermin that our patience is coming to an end. Another attack, and Mecca should be a crater, and the jihadistans, glass.