On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Mathias K�rber wrote: |+ |+| Can someone explain to me how only allowing ticketed passengers past |+| security checkpoints is going to accomplish anything toward increased |+| security? The only thing I can even dream of is that it will reduce the |+| number of people passing the checkpoints. |+ |+And thus reduce the number of people and bags etc that need to be checked, |+which will allow for more time to do thorough checks. |+Why is it important that non-passengers be able to get all the way to the gate? |+ Being in Canada and traveling to the US on occasion I was suprised the first time I went and found that non-passengers could get to the gate by just passing through security the same as passengers. Yet in Canada, only passengers with valid tickets/boarding passes can get through security, which seems a lot more sane to me at least. Keith