LONDON — The glaring weakness of the cargo shipping system has been laid bare by the Yemen-based mail bomb plot — but the cost of fixing it may be too high for governments, airlines and shippers to stomach during a global downturn.
Analysts warn that the cost of screening every piece of air cargo that enters the shipping system in a bid to prevent terror gangs from downing airliners might bankrupt international shipping companies, hobble the already weakened airlines, and still wouldn't provide comprehensive protection.
"In a worst case, it would stop world trade," said James Halstead, a longtime consultant with the Aviation Economics firm. "UPS and FedEx would probably go bust, we'd have a full disaster scenario. The cost of the extra effort involved in putting in security checks to find these sorts of bombs would be almost too much to consider."
"....The cost of the extra effort involved in putting in security checks to find these sorts of bombs would be almost too much to consider."
ReplyDeleteWhy what's the problem here? Hell they're looking up everyone's heinie as it is when they fly.
Why should cargo get a free ride?
yes it is a matter of sending cargo to someone, somewhere at our expense.
ReplyDeleteThe guy from FFT http://www.forecastfortomorrow.com had it right...this whole game is rigged. What next? *sighs*
"What goes around comes around."
ReplyDeleteGive us fake terrorist and fake terrorist attacks, you bring down the entire system in requiring expensive security checks to find non existent threats, a.k.a. Al CIAda.
What do you disinfo shills think about that? Your on the same payroll as the fake terrorist and your bringing down the system!
Wake up and smell the ink.