Johnny, leaving aside your attempt to slur those of us speak with a southern accent, I will just note that I would feel better about this comments if he wasn't running an airline...

First, you've got to get adequately concentrated hydrogen peroxide. This is hard to come by, so a large quantity of the three per cent solution sold in pharmacies might have to be concentrated by boiling off the water. Only this is risky, and can lead to mission failure by means of burning down your makeshift lab before a single infidel has been harmed. But let's assume that you can obtain it in the required concentration, or cook it from a dilute solution without ruining your operation. Fine. The remaining ingredients, acetone and sulfuric acid, are far easier to obtain, and we can assume that you've got them on hand. Now for the fun part. Take your hydrogen peroxide, acetone, and sulfuric acid, measure them very carefully, and put them into drinks bottles for convenient smuggling onto a plane. It's all right to mix the peroxide and acetone in one container, so long as it remains cool. Don't forget to bring several frozen gel-packs (preferably in a Styrofoam chiller deceptively marked "perishable foods"), a thermometer, a large beaker, a stirring rod, and a medicine dropper. You're going to need them. It's best to fly first class and order Champagne. The bucket full of ice water, which the airline ought to supply, might possibly be adequate - especially if you have those cold gel-packs handy to supplement the ice, and the Styrofoam chiller handy for insulation - to get you through the cookery without starting a fire in the lavvie Once the plane is over the ocean, very discreetly bring all of your gear into the toilet. You might need to make several trips to avoid drawing attention. Once your kit is in place, put a beaker containing the peroxide / acetone mixture into the ice water bath (Champagne bucket), and start adding the acid, drop by drop, while stirring constantly. Watch the reaction temperature carefully. The mixture will heat, and if it gets too hot, you'll end up with a weak explosive. In fact, if it gets really hot, you'll get a premature explosion possibly sufficient to kill you, but probably no one else. After a few hours - assuming, by some miracle, that the fumes haven't overcome you or alerted passengers or the flight crew to your activities - you'll have a quantity of TATP with which to carry out your mission. Now all you need to do is dry it for an hour or two.

Bombs in cargo holds pose a much greater threat, e.g., Lockerbie, and all this stressing people out and jerking them around for hours just to board is ridiculous.

Since airports around the world went into high alert after a foiled terrorist plot, restrictions on transporting liquids have cut deeply into duty-free commerce. ... The industry has been hit hard around the world, with London's Heathrow Airport the worst-affected because of its role as a key operator for North American flights, industry analyst Martin Moodie wrote in an e-mail last week.

Remember, this is a country that shot an innocent guy in the head 8 times because he was ... I'm sorry, why did they shoot him in the head!?

Sealed cockpits and the willpower to resist breaching that seal because someone is being threatened with death would be sufficient to prevent another 9/11.

So... where are all the justifications from the wingnuts for banning all that evil toothpaste, shampoo, perfume, booze, and other murderous liquids and gells from planes.

Johnny, leaving aside your attempt to slur those of us speak with a southern accent, I will just note that I would feel better about this comments if he wasn't running an airline...