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Should airport security be tougher?

20 January 2010

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stated that full body scanners will be introduced at Britain's airports.

The machines have been given the go-ahead to speed up and improve security checks in response to the alleged attempt to blow up an American plane on 25 December, although questions remain over the effectiveness of the devices.

What do you think?

  • Is there not enough done at airports to ensure the safety of air travellers? Are these scanners a necessary tool to improve airport security?
  • Are the efforts to improve airport security in danger of risking the privacy of passengers? Are the scanners unlikely to act as an effective deterrent to many of the explosive devices used by terrorist groups anyway?

Have your say, and debate the issue here on PCS comment, and a selection of the comments will be published in View, the monthly magazine for PCS members.

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  1. Threats to privacy and civil liberty??

    8 February 2010

    The only threats to privacy and civil liberty are crackpot terrorists who want to kill inncocent men, women and children, and any measures that can help stop that are fine.

    Lin Black
    Violation of the civil liberties in the name of security!

    3 February 2010

    Violation of the civil liberties in the name of security! Airport security has become a charter for overzealous security staff to harass travellers at will without proper checks and balances. This harassment in the name of security is counter-productive, and another infringement of our civil liberties. Security at airports is tough enough already. Further infringements of our civil liberties can not be justified. There is no such thing as 100% full security regardless of how stringent the security at airports becomes. A balance has to be struck between safeguarding the travellers from harm and the rights of the individual not to be harassed at airports because the individual happens to fit a particular profile or belong to a particular racial group. The introduction of body scanners at airports won’t make air travellers any safer but it would violate their dignity and make them more resentful.

    Jawid Iqbal
    Yes, it should be tougher

    21 January 2010

    The threat of an attack and the damage it could potentially cause should outweigh any concerns about peoples privacy.

    Stephen B
    We should do everything we can to improve security

    21 January 2010

    We should make sure that we have taken every possible step to ensure the safety of passengers. If there are new ways to improve the levels of security, then they should be introduced.

    Rosie Jones
    Tougher airport security?

    20 January 2010

    Yes, it should get tougher. Well organised terrorists will always try and find a way through the security defences and we shouldn't make it easy for them. Scanners might be a mild inconvenience but I don't want to be blown out of the sky at 30,000 feet.

    Lin Black
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