Doesn't go far enough

I think that anyone that has ever visited high risk countries such as Yemen and other high risk countries where there are known to be Al Qaeda training camps should be made to remove their clothes before they get on a plane and issue them with airline supplied gowns to be worn in flight

This prevents any chance of explosives, knives, bombs or anything being hidden on a person, their clothes would then be returned to them when they get off the plane, I would also include Somali nationals who seem to be the most radicalised muslims these days

Going through a scanner is not foolproof

I am not being racist at all it is about saving lives and alas there has not been a single plot to blow up a plane by a non muslim in decades

Well, thanks very much for that. I've visited Yemen (in 1983) and Syria (in 1971 and 1995) so it's just as well I've already decided that flying is far too much hassle. I'll stick to the train.

Sorry to be branded a 'pc do gooder' but this is quite frankly pathetic.

Yes, at this point in time islamic groups are primarily the ones 'blowing up planes' and YES perhaps better checks should be carried out, but I stand by my argument of why WOULDNT a white person blow up a blame? Muslims dont HAVE to be asian, there are alot of muslim converts even in Britain who could be just as capable. Imo if youre going to check one, you check everyone. I know the checks proposed arent 'racist' as such but I still think everyone should be checked.

What about the days when muslim extremeists werent a moral panic fear fuelled by the racist tabloids, and the IRA were the ones to fear. Would you all have been equally supportive of programmes to check all Irishmen?

Sorry to be branded a 'pc do gooder' but this is quite frankly pathetic.

Yes, at this point in time islamic groups are primarily the ones 'blowing up planes' and YES perhaps better checks should be carried out, but I stand by my argument of why WOULDNT a white person blow up a blame? Muslims dont HAVE to be asian, there are alot of muslim converts even in Britain who could be just as capable. Imo if youre going to check one, you check everyone. I know the checks proposed arent 'racist' as such but I still think everyone should be checked.

What about the days when muslim extremeists werent a moral panic fear fuelled by the racist tabloids, and the IRA were the ones to fear. Would you all have been equally supportive of programmes to check all Irishmen?

Sorry to be branded a 'pc do gooder' but this is quite frankly pathetic.

Yes, at this point in time islamic groups are primarily the ones 'blowing up planes' and YES perhaps better checks should be carried out, but I stand by my argument of why WOULDNT a white person blow up a blame? Muslims dont HAVE to be asian, there are alot of muslim converts even in Britain who could be just as capable. Imo if youre going to check one, you check everyone. I know the checks proposed arent 'racist' as such but I still think everyone should be checked.

What about the days when muslim extremeists werent a moral panic fear fuelled by the racist tabloids, and the IRA were the ones to fear. Would you all have been equally supportive of programmes to check all Irishmen?

Selective reading I think either that or you are being pedantic for the sake of it or have undergone a conversion to Islam either way it is obvious that I was talking about muslims as I stated the following " and alas there has not been a single plot to blow up a plane by a non muslim in decades" so how you could draw a conclusion that my post included the likes of you beggars belief

Besides, if Muslims are specifically targeted Al Qaida will just use white Muslims who have retained a western name. Names like Richard Reid for instance. Or they will target other means of transport. Or drive a car over a cliff onto a crowded beach.

This is what you said...

"I think that anyone that has ever visited high risk countries such as Yemen and other high risk countries where there are known to be Al Qaeda training camps should be made to remove their clothes before they get on a plane and issue them with airline supplied gowns to be worn in flight"

You said "anyone" not any Muslim.

Besides, if Muslims are specifically targeted Al Qaida will just use white Muslims who have retained a western name. Names like Richard Reid for instance. Or they will target other means of transport. Or drive a car over a cliff onto a crowded beach.

.... so we just let them try to blow planes up then do we?

its a fact that certain religious/racial groups are more likely then others to cause a disaster. do you think the stringent examinations should be applied to everyone flying? even my harmless old mum? yeah...search her just to be balanced... what a waste of fcukin time.

Nothing is 100% foolproof, it is not 100% possible to completely make air travel terrorism free but about minimising risks and what I suggested would heavily reduce the risk but of course not take it away entirely, Al Qaeda could probably recruit an 80 year old granny if they wanted to so no solution is ever going to 100% make planes terrorist free but things, maybe even radical things need to be done to reduce the risks even if it is going to cause some inconvenience to high risk groups

All your wooly liberalism is going to do is leave a $h!tload of crashed planes and dead bodies

I was arguing against your totally barking proposal, not the possibility of targeting Muslims for extra searches. I suspect this will go ahead even though the number of Muslims who boarded a plane last year intending to blow it up is only one more than the total number of non-Muslims. In other words, the proportion of Muslims show want to blow up a plane is infinitesimal, the overwhelming majority of Muslims wishing to fly face extra inconvenience. As that may well lead to people having to check in even earlier, that's all the more reason to avoid flying.

It is only 1 step above the El Al system that has made El Al the safest airline in the world with not a single in flight incident in 42 years

EVERY muslim or black african that travels on El Al is taken to a room by El Al security and is interrogated and strip searched so my suggestion is identical to El Al with the excepton of the passenger doesn't get their clothes back until they have landed as they could meet someone airside who somehow smuggled a bomb so they would get their clothes back when they have landed

El Al despite being the natiional airline of the worlds most hated country is the safest airline in the world to fly on, they are clearly doing something right

It is only 1 step above the El Al system that has made El Al the safest airline in the world with not a single in flight incident in 42 years

EVERY muslim or black african that travels on El Al is taken to a room by El Al security and is interrogated and strip searched so my suggestion is identical to El Al with the excepton of the passenger doesn't get their clothes back until they have landed as they could meet someone airside who somehow smuggled a bomb so they would get their clothes back when they have landed

El Al despite being the natiional airline of the worlds most hated country is the safest airline in the world to fly on, they are clearly doing something right

Withdrawing from the occupied territories would have been a lot cheaper.

And El Al is the only airline where you have to check in three hours before a flight.