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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> The
> private sector can't be trusted:
> http://www.airsafetyonline.com/news/2001/08/02/4.shtml
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> Efforts by the air industry in the USA to oppose improvements in security
> has lead to the situation where the USA very lax security for internal flights.
>
> From:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_1538000/1538682.stm
> ==+==
> Within the last decade, a major commission headed by then US Vice-President
> Al Gore recommended increasing security to international levels - but the
> industry opposed the idea so strongly that the plan was never adopted, say
> industry insiders.
> ==+==
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> If the Gore Commission did not make any recommendations I can assume
> security would have been even worse than it was on the 11th.
I deny none of the above except the unstated implication that this is the
only possible outcome. Remember, these actions are by heavily regulated
firms that, as it turns out, managed to (quite easily) wriggle off the hook
for liability.
To make this indictment stick for a strict liability system like is proposed
you would need to show that wriggling off the hook was even possible, much
less easy or inevitable.
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| (...) The regulations are largely irrelevant. Generally they set a minimum standard, not a maximum one. It is my understanding that UA and AA are open to litigation for their "failure" on the 11th - is that not the case? (...) I'm not clear on what (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I agree. I don't want airline security to be set by consumer focus groups. I think the public will always trust a government regulated system more. The private sector can't be trusted: (URL) by the air industry in the USA to oppose (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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