Warren (raise my taxes) Buffet

[777 fixer]

The "model" I have in mind would be similar to the screening process I've been through several times when visiting Amsterdam. AMS uses private contractors and the process is very similar to the pre 9/11 screening. On international flights you are screened again at the gate and admitted to a secure boarding area and presenting your pass port and having it scanned into a laptop, a member of the staff questions you, asking about 3 to 6 questions that are reasonable questions to ask and not everyone gets asked the same questions. The key IMO is the guard violates your personal space just a little so if you're up to something it will likely show.

In order for the above to work here you'd have to do the Q & A prior to going through metal detectors, etc. There security is at least as good if not better than TSA and way less intrusive. No enhanced pat downs. No nude-o-scopes, no rudeness and no 89 year old women being groped. Although I think Dutch law may play a part in the way they do things. IIRC the dutch can arrest your arse and throw you in jail for 30 while they investigate. I also doesn't hurt having about 3 dozen Royal Dutch Marines on patrol. I don't want airline customers subjected to radiation and molestation. The Dutch seem to maintain security without doing those things

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Did you know that those private contractors in Europe are heavily regulated by the government?

 

[delldude]

Did you know that those private contractors in Europe are heavily regulated by the government?

What isn't in Europe?

 

[SparrowHawk]

Did you know that those private contractors in Europe are heavily regulated by the government?

Well it was apparent they were a hell of lot more professional. So that wouldn't be much if any surprise given we are talking Europe. That's not to say we couldn't do the appropriate level of training to license contractors. They key to ANY outsource contract is the quality of the oversight or management of the contractors.

 

[SparrowHawk]

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