blog » December 3, 2005/More on airline security

As a followup to my last post, the CBC’s Fifth Estate sent a reporter to the Pearson International Airport to check out airport security, and found some major holes. In response, the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority’s chief operating officer gave the following proof that they’re delivering on their mandate: 90% of the people that they surveyed were satisfied with the security process. That’s right, CATSA measures their effectiveness by how secure the public feels, and not how secure they actually are. An airport passenger screener says, “It’s what I call the illusion of security. That’s what I call it.”