01-08-2024, 03:39 PM
Hilo airport specifically
Which is to say: a tiny regional airport which doesn't have either spares or a second screening line.
TSA is an 11-billion-dollar plus government funded bureaucracy. Airlines are multibillion dollar for profit corporations.
In either case, Hilo doesn't make the cut in a cost/benefit analysis.
American air travel passenger security.
PreCheck means passing through an old-fashioned metal detector. Cheap insurance.
at least a panel (plug door) didn't explode off of a plane halfway to/from Hilo
The plane in question was rated for trans-oceanic flights, but rescheduled to avoid these due to a persistent "cabin pressurization" warning.
Which is to say: a tiny regional airport which doesn't have either spares or a second screening line.
TSA is an 11-billion-dollar plus government funded bureaucracy. Airlines are multibillion dollar for profit corporations.
In either case, Hilo doesn't make the cut in a cost/benefit analysis.
American air travel passenger security.
PreCheck means passing through an old-fashioned metal detector. Cheap insurance.
at least a panel (plug door) didn't explode off of a plane halfway to/from Hilo
The plane in question was rated for trans-oceanic flights, but rescheduled to avoid these due to a persistent "cabin pressurization" warning.