I wonder how the arrest at his home in Brooklyn went down. Did they have helicopters flying overhead. Sharp shooters on the rooftops....

Screeners are the last line of defense, and to this day hasnt caught anyone, just inconveniences the masses, what a waste of time!

Basic airport rule: If it's a solid metal door, don't open it. Not even the restrooms have doors anymore.

Some self-entitled asshole in first-class decides to make his own rules...hardly a terrorist threat. That being said, the simple fixes that people have suggested would probably be a lot more effective than an "Employees Only" sign.

This is dumb. If you don't want people going through cetain doors and hallways, put huge signs at the entrance of those passageways, security personell, or "hosts" like the greeters at Wal-Mart throughout the place to help direct folks in the right direction. So much money spent on security technology and undercover agents to catch "potential terror threats" that turn out to be regular people taking short cuts (because it is what humans do). Instead how about being an open presence that deters crime while at the same time offering friendly customer service? We're always ready to throw billions at weapons upgrades to punish, but find it absurd to throw thousands at nurturing good relationships...

Ok, the story now is the passenger arrived from Orlando and tried to exit the terminal through a restricted door. I'm willing to bet there was a sign on the door with something to the effect of "employees only."

This is a good example of what I mean by implementing better procedures. If there had been a security card reader for this door, entry would have been electronically limited to only those with cards and security clearance.

And if there was a fire, only those with security cards would be able to use these doors to escape.

Where did you get the idea that the door was a fire exit? I haven't seen anything indicating that that was the case. If it was just an exit, there wouldn't have been a security breach.

One or more persons with security cards couldn't open the door and then prop it open to allow other people egress? There must some kind of fire drill training for employees which contains provisions for directing passengers out of the building quickly. I just hope the fire procedures are better thought out than the security procedures.

But in general, I think fires inside airports are a lot less likely and less threatening than are security breaches.

I don't think they have any choice in the matter. Fire codes prohibit fire exits that cannot be opened from the inside without a key of some kind, thanks in part to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire where workers were killed because the exit doors were chained. That's why, for instance, it's illegal in most jurisdictions to install a dual cylinder deadbolt (keys needed on both sides) on apartment doors. Can't have people unable to find their keys and be locked in during a fire. Some kind of extremely loud alarm (that can be momentarily disabled by an access card) would have been better for this exit.

Last wks Newark incident was like stealing candy from the store compared totoday's incident which was more like ROBBING the store. Both are wrong but today's incident is way worse since the culprit got on a plane meaning more of I'll content to do harm.

Flying American is enough to make anyone drop an underwear bomb.

Here's a photo of the perp who walked through the door.

Now based on that photo and knowing a.) Wyclef is back in the states from Haiti, b.) Orlando is one of main airports operating Haiti relief flights, and c.) there are not a lot of black guys flying first class...do you know who the guy in the photo is?

We give them all this aid in their hour of need and this is how they repay us.

If you look at most of the rescue workers down in Haiti I don't see that many black faces either.

Train or driving is the way to move through the US.

Hopefully, he is just a copy cat kisser.

Some individual that is getting paid about the same as the your friendly McDonald's drive thru attendant screws up again. Get robots to do this crap and if someone breaches security kill them!

I agree with you, but the procedures also need to be improved/revised.

(I meant I agree with you about the low pay, not about any immediate execution.)