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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. 20 January 2010

    As a frequent flyer due to my GEC work I get as frustrated as the next person regarding airport security. However I am willing to put up with this in order to be safe. We have to remember the reasons behind all his additional security i.e. fundamentalists of whatever creed are willing to kill and injure inocent people in order to further a political or religious agenda. If you think back to the liquid bombers plot the death would have been on a massive scale hitting five planes at the same time.

    Robert Jack
    A shameful abuse of our privacy

    20 January 2010

    I for one think airport security is strong enough. These scanners are a knee jerk reaction, and are being imposed on passengers without any consultation. We are slowly having our privacy being taken away from us by this type of intrusion.

    K Worth
    About time!

    20 January 2010

    These scanners should have been introduced a long time ago; it only angers me that it took the events at Christmas to get this moving. Every possible step should be taken to secure the safety of air passengers, whether that ruffles a few people's feathers or not.

    Ciaran Walsh
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