Why does it take so long to get through airport security? It is because airports have to have more security now than they used to so people have to go through metal detectors as well as backscatter systems. Backscatter systems are being introduced throughout the United Sates. Flying is a very dangerous mode of transportation, partially because people are in a confined space and have no option of leaving once the plane is in the air. This means that extra precautions must be taken to ensure the safety of the passengers. The backscatter scanners are the most important safety precaution because they can detect metal, as well as nonmetal irregularities. Why do airports need body scanners in the first place? Airports need body scanners because
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Everyone who flies wants to be reassured that nothing bad will happen. People already have bad anxiety about flying and the backscatter system could possible take away some of the fears people have. The second strength is that it will help reduce the number of plane hijackings. Plane hijackings rarely happen, and that could be because of the new and improved security measures. There are, however, a few weaknesses to backscatter scanners. These include that scanners release radiation that can be harmful to the human body, and there is also an issue with the privacy of the passengers. Two opportunities of airport body scanners would be that they provide jobs and that they invite new improvements from young inventors. The scanners need someone to run them and check for irregularities on the scanner, but they also need another person there to investigate if an irregularity is found, so for every scanner, there is at least two jobs required. Only about 180 of the commercial airports have introduced the new scanner, and this has created about eight thousand jobs (Elias 3). The two threats to this though, is that there is always going to be a loop hole, meaning that someone is always going to find a way to bypass the scanners altogether. The second threat is that the scanners use electricity so the electric bill is high and then would not work if the electricity went
Everyone who flies wants to be reassured that nothing bad will happen. People already have bad anxiety about flying and the backscatter system could possible take away some of the fears people have. The second strength is that it will help reduce the number of plane hijackings. Plane hijackings rarely happen, and that could be because of the new and improved security measures. There are, however, a few weaknesses to backscatter scanners. These include that scanners release radiation that can be harmful to the human body, and there is also an issue with the privacy of the passengers. Two opportunities of airport body scanners would be that they provide jobs and that they invite new improvements from young inventors. The scanners need someone to run them and check for irregularities on the scanner, but they also need another person there to investigate if an irregularity is found, so for every scanner, there is at least two jobs required. Only about 180 of the commercial airports have introduced the new scanner, and this has created about eight thousand jobs (Elias 3). The two threats to this though, is that there is always going to be a loop hole, meaning that someone is always going to find a way to bypass the scanners altogether. The second threat is that the scanners use electricity so the electric bill is high and then would not work if the electricity went