Incidents that Augmented the Airport Security Regulations
When one thinks of any issues that could have augmented airport security regulations the first thing that should come to any individual's mind is the terrible and heart wrenching terrorists attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. Prior, to the terrorist attacks that took place on commercial airlines in the United States and planes crashing through the twin towers in New York City, into the Pentagon in Washington DC and into Pennsylvania, there was certainly airline security and certain regulations that were in place, but nowhere near where they are at today.
These attacks really showed members of the airline companies that there were not effective security measures in place and that changes were necessary both as a means to ensure that people would still use commercial airlines as a means of transportation and also as a means to ensure that the airlines themselves would definitely be safer. Not only had the US economy been severely damaged by the terrorist attacks, another result was a significant amount of changes made to the way in which airlines went about ensuring that the planes that were flying were all adhering to a certain level of security.
Another incident that happened after the September 11 terrorist attacks highlighted even more that needed to be done to airline security. A man boarded an airplane during the holiday rush and attempted to start a terrorist attack using the plane as a weapon, much like the attacks that took place on September 11th. The individual who attempted to carry out the attack had plastic explosives on him that did not go off in the airline security check. This further highlighted even more changes that needed to be made to airline security as a means to virtually guarantee that airplanes are used solely as a convenient form of travel to places both near and far and not as weapons, as many terrorists would like them to be used.
As a result of the terrorist attacks and the attempted terrorists attack that happened in to recent past on American soil, airlines have certainly changed their security techniques. There is certainly some merit to the changes as these security changes will serve as a further assurance of the safety of airplanes. While these new security measures that have been enacted after the terrorist attacks can add both time to an individuals travels as well as an expense to the actual flight and the upkeep of the airlines, it is hard for a person to argue that the security measures are not necessary. The airlines have to spend more money on the equipment and manpower to adequately and in a somewhat timely fashion check over all of the people who are attempting to board any flight. The extra money spent can many times be reflected in higher ticket prices for the plane.
These terrorist attacks that occurred shortly after the turn of the century, certainly redefined the world in which people live in and the airlines and air travel certainly was significantly affected by these attacks and therefore changed many standard procedures and ways of operation that had previously been in place for years and year.