Stefan Jones:
"They tried. The airlines weren't keen on it, because they would have to pay the bill. Create a new federal agency to monitor airport security? Conservatives wouldn't have liked that one."

tsk tsk Mr.Jones, if your going to bother to argue a point show up with more than strong feelings. I am sure you would like to believe they tried. But let us hear some evidence? Hmmn lets see if I remember right, Reno was all over security like a dog...and not busy with home invasion and defending the Whitehouse's criminal actions.

• 93' Clinton hikes up taxes hard on general aviation over next five years
• Clinton appoints a string of buffoons to head up the FAA. Several important long time executives continue to walk.
• Clinton admin shifts important FAA and NSBA issues towards "discrimination" to coincide with his new appointments.
• Holds up traffic to get a haircut. (I know he was trying to help, right?)
You wanna talk Los Angeles Airport Commission payments to Web Hubble? Didn't think so.

One frame of reference to recall here folks is that aviation and related business account for 50 percent of the Gross National Product and now it is in the hole. I don't care if you are right or left, the Clinton admin slept walked through their assignments, the FAA, CIA, FBI breakdowns equaled a breach in national security. It's obvious, the facts cannot be hidden. Just look.
You don't like taking your shoes off? How about when your chompin' macadamias and your plane goes into the tallest building in the world? I think I will go with some inconvenience.