Airline Security

For a mere twenty dollars, your library can add a video to its collection that (a) will probably scare most viewers from ever going on another plane trip, while (b) offering them an inside look into the three-ring circus otherwise known as our Federal Government. Using the, by now, numbing sight of the World Trade Center attacks, Airline Security, from A&E's Investigative Reports series, launches into a scathing exposé of what's wrong with the airline industry today, examining why the government's band-aid measures are likely to be as effectual as its 1970s efforts to force Americans into using the metric system, and how we--as consumers--are just as guilty in our refusal to do what is necessary to fix a system that has been broken for years. Interviews with security personnel, Israel's El Al officials, and representatives of the airline industry sadly illustrate the fact that 'airline security' is a deadly and tragic oxymoron. Highly recommended. Aud: P. (J. Carlson)