AAPA chief: Laptop ban brings ‘no tangible security benefits’
As airlines and airports steel themselves for a possible widening of the US ban on laptops and similar-sized personal electronics in the cabin, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has warned against falling into “the trap of knee-jerk reactions.” US and EC officials are meeting again this week to discuss the issue. It is believed that the US Department of Homeland Security, which manages the TSA, wants to extend its so-called laptop ban to cover incoming flights from European countries to the US. In a statement May 23, AAPA director general Andrew Herdman said, “The ripple effects of such measures, and their proposed wider expansion, threaten to disrupt the global economy and impose far greater costs on society with no tangible public security benefits. This would only serve to further the aims of the terrorists, who measure their success by how much society over-reacts to their provocations. Rather than focus on generalized screening of innocent passengers, past experience with evolving threats and terrorist plots repeatedly highlight the critical importance of effective intelligence gathering and analysis.”<br/>
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AAPA chief: Laptop ban brings ‘no tangible security benefits’
As airlines and airports steel themselves for a possible widening of the US ban on laptops and similar-sized personal electronics in the cabin, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) has warned against falling into “the trap of knee-jerk reactions.” US and EC officials are meeting again this week to discuss the issue. It is believed that the US Department of Homeland Security, which manages the TSA, wants to extend its so-called laptop ban to cover incoming flights from European countries to the US. In a statement May 23, AAPA director general Andrew Herdman said, “The ripple effects of such measures, and their proposed wider expansion, threaten to disrupt the global economy and impose far greater costs on society with no tangible public security benefits. This would only serve to further the aims of the terrorists, who measure their success by how much society over-reacts to their provocations. Rather than focus on generalized screening of innocent passengers, past experience with evolving threats and terrorist plots repeatedly highlight the critical importance of effective intelligence gathering and analysis.”<br/>
