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Originally Posted by Texas Beta
I wonder if Arab owned airliners beefed up security, besides companies which fly to western countries. Is there a need? Maybe theres some crazy white person out there, but I doubt it.
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The "Arab" airlines have had pretty tight security for a while - my uncle does a lot of business overseas for IBM and said he found their (specifically Emirates, Saudi Arabian Airlines) pre-flight screening security was pretty much on-par with North America, except of course during alerts and in certain locales (such as Tehran). In flight he said things were another story - often an armed guard or two sitting in the back, and a fighter escort through some airspace (Arabian pennisula and Iran).