AIRPORT SECURITY – CLARA RODRIGUEZ DE CASTRO

 In recent years flying and flight time spent at airports has increased dramatically. Since 9-11 the security measures have changed to make air travel safer. These measures have prevented terrorist attacks, however, the impact has made people look for others ways of travelling.

On the one hand, the most important point is that air travel has become much safer. Furthermore, people feel less worried about terrorism. In addition, these measures have

created more jobs and, moreover, have increased the revenue from the airports shops. As well as this, the airports now have better X-ray machinery which means that they don’t have to search so many bags by hand. As a consequence of these new measures, new technology and  police dogs, drug trafficking has decreased.

On the other hand, although it’s good to feel safe you waste so much time standing in queues.  What’s more it’s really inconvenient that you have to take off your coat, belt, boots… Due to having to remove all these items you might lose or forget them. Not only that, but you also waste money because you have to pay for the liquids that you have in your own house, such as shampoo. However, they allow men to bring their razers and women to wear high-heeled- shoes, but you cannot bring tweezers. Above all, the new measures sometimes cause flight delays or people might miss their flights.

From my point of view it’s important to feel safe, but the measures make people waste a lot of time and money. It would be better, if it was managed in a different way, so as not to spend so much time wasted in queues.