in UK Airports; some child manages to board a jet with no boarding pass or passport; another jet is forced to land at Boston in the States because some woman became claustrophobic (I wonder why - cattle class perhaps?); and produces some matches and face cream and is arrested for it; and finally the BAA and the police in England are lambasting each other as to who should take responsibility for the increased security costs needed to pay for this and presumably future terrorist acts !

An aircraft is a pressurised metal tube separated by two wings full of highly flammable fuel; and if for whatever reason, however unlikely, it is compromised somehow, be it by accident or sabotage - it is, as it has ALWAYS BEEN - an extremely vunerable not to mention uncomfortable piece of technology, which you have very little chance of surviving if there is a fire, crash or it depressurises. My question is simply, when are we going to make these aircraft more secure than the airports to get to them !