Anyone who knows anything about national security knows that a terrorist
will not be likely caught at the scene minutes before the act.

Is this all "window dressing?" Sure it is. But it's a relatively small price
to pay to enjoy the freedom we have. Let's just hope the real keepers of our
security that are behind the scenes are doing their job.

Marco Leon


"C Kingsbury" wrote in message
hlink.net...
After 9/11, Massport mandated all aircraft tied down at BED had to have an
external lock of some kind. Also, everyone had to get badged,
fingerprinted,
undergo TSA training, and of course pay $75 for the privilege. Suffice it
to
say access was pretty tight.

Anyway, I used to have a chain and padlock on the tail of the 172 I co-own
there. One day I found I couldn't open the lock anymore, as the hasp had
been deformed when a windstorm tried to blow the plane away. So I went to
Home Depot and picked up a gigantic bolt-cutter, 36" long and bright
yellow.
I entered through the gate, parked, walked across the ramp (right beneath
the tower) carrying my new toy, walked right up to the plane and without
further ado chopped the lock off.

Go figure, nobody stopped by to ask me precisely what I thought I was
doing.
Oh, and there's a state trooper office on the field, with at least 1-2
officers there almost all the time, so they could have gotten there very
quickly.

-cwk.