[chris_va]

Ah, the good old days...

The history of airport security is somewhat interesting. There wasn't a TSA for long time, and the hijackings/flying to Cuba got annoying, so metal detectors were added.

Everything else since then hasn't made much sense.

[splat]

Interestingly, another approach that was seriously considered was to build a fake "Havana airport" in southern Florida and have the planes land there instead.

http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/skyjacking/