Re: orlando shooting
there's clearly a problem with TSA, but the numbers don't lie.
Those numbers seem to apply worldwide, not just for the US.
To verify this you can cross-reference those sums with their own database here: https://aviation-safety.net/database....php?Event=SEH
I scraped the data (because their website doesn't really let you drill down on things). Here are the stats for casualties in a hijacking during years when at least one hijacking occurred (as of present-day) within the US category as per the website:
You can add 43 to 1987 and 44 to 1964 if you want to include two instances where the deaths were caused by a disgruntled employee and a passenger, respectively (which according to this website don't count as hijackings, but I think they should be mentioned anyway):
You can also add some 2000+ casualties to the year 2001 to include ground deaths during 9/11.
The overall picture is still the same, in my opinion: Casualties from airline hijackings are pretty rare in the US. 9/11 was just an extremely tragic outlier.
Even so, post-9/11, a lot of airlines started to reinforce cockpit doors and lock them in-flight, which has shown to be relatively successful in thwarting hijack attempts, in addition to the heightened awareness of passengers/crewmembers.
I'd say that's done a lot more for security than anything involving TSA procedures. On the whole, the TSA has been a huge waste of money -- a massive cost with little to show for it. They fail almost all of their security audits regularly.
there's clearly a problem with TSA, but the numbers don't lie.
To verify this you can cross-reference those sums with their own database here: https://aviation-safety.net/database....php?Event=SEH
I scraped the data (because their website doesn't really let you drill down on things). Here are the stats for casualties in a hijacking during years when at least one hijacking occurred (as of present-day) within the US category as per the website:
Code:
2003 0 2001 265 2000 0 1996 0 1994 0 1993 0 1992 0 1991 0 1990 0 1989 0 1987 0 1986 0 1985 0 1984 0 1983 1 1982 0 1981 1 1980 0 1979 0 1978 0 1977 1 1976 0 1975 1 1974 2 1973 0 1972 4 1971 2 1970 1 1969 0 1968 0 1965 0 1961 0 1960 1 1959 0 1958 0 1954 1 Total 280
You can also add some 2000+ casualties to the year 2001 to include ground deaths during 9/11.
The overall picture is still the same, in my opinion: Casualties from airline hijackings are pretty rare in the US. 9/11 was just an extremely tragic outlier.
Even so, post-9/11, a lot of airlines started to reinforce cockpit doors and lock them in-flight, which has shown to be relatively successful in thwarting hijack attempts, in addition to the heightened awareness of passengers/crewmembers.
I'd say that's done a lot more for security than anything involving TSA procedures. On the whole, the TSA has been a huge waste of money -- a massive cost with little to show for it. They fail almost all of their security audits regularly.
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