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That image Jim is interesting. So basically they name and specified the waypoints as lat/long and VOR/radial/distance. There is still an RNAV approach to runway 16 there, but the waypoints all have different names and are GPS based. The VORs are still there.

I am aware of those theories, yes. The article I referenced above discussed the evidence regarding the reliability of it. So, how strong would you rate the evidence which you have adduced here or seen personally in supporting the assertion that the behavioral profiling used by the Israelis...

I am interested to see an old chart for a VOR RNAV (not GPS) approach if anyone has one. I am about to purchase an aircraft that has an honest to goodness working KNS-80.

Actually I largely agree on the last bit. It certainly sounds like even setting aside drones being used to harass or harm those engaged in our drug interdiction efforts, there are some serious criminal uses of them. I'm not sure enough of a threat to justify all the regulatory supervision of...

The DEA and their thugs have destroyed a lot of people's lives as well. Witness the number of people with long prison sentences for things like possessing marijuana. But in comparing those specific two, the DEA or CBP use violence against other people. The drug pushers just sell something that...

Some of that sounds bad, though most of what is mentioned there is related to our war on drug users. I am always on the fence about how to view that. Who is really the morally worse person? The person ferrying the drugs or the person threatening to use violence to stop them? I am nearly...

Did any of the examples mentioned emphasize behavioral profiling as why this worked?

Even those clowns in blue could catch this guy. Not worth $10Bn per year though. https://apnews.com/article/pilot-arrested-dui-southwest-d444ead32a45e32b7873f29a6acf4e76

That makes me wonder, have you personally seen any of these data or analyses which purport to show either that Israeli behavioral profiling or their system as a whole detects and stops terrorists?

Do you know if any of the criminal acts have been attacks on people or otherwise violent? Acts others than egregiously violating the rules of drone flight? What do people do with them which is criminal?

@anonflyer1 notes in the TSA idiocy thread that drones may constitute an emerging terrorist threat. Now clearly drones have been used to serious effect in wars elsewhere, but have there been any terrorist or other criminal attacks using them in the USA?

Thus continuing to destroy whatever level of service they may have had. I never though particularly highly of them and my opinion dropped even more after my brother’s flight home was cancelled and he was delayed 4 hours - https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/01/13/delta-steadfast-in-dei-esg-efforts/

One other item I will note here is that whether a belief is falsifiable or not is independent of whether it is in fact true or false. So applied to this case. If one can name some sort of evidence that could in principle falsify a belief, then it is falsifiable. It is stated above that these...

True about the TSA for sure and that clown. And yes, other measures such as you mention may help reduce terrorism, perhaps. But we are talking here about whether behavioral profiling can do so because of the allusion to it working in post #3 above. That post did not mention that other items are...

Those who have read my posts here or on other social media will have noted that I sometimes say something appears to be or is a non-falsifiable belief. So I thought I would explain a bit more of my view on these and what they imply for discussions. Falsifiability is an important concept in...

This strikes me as another one of those potentially non-falsifiable beliefs then. One can always assert that something is true but the data and analysis can't be shown because it is proprietary or of national security interest. For example, I can say that my incantations down by the airport are...

Quite the distance by exploiting winds and lift - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bats-hitch-a-ride-on-storm-fronts-when-migrating-saving-energy-by-surfing-through-the-sky-study-finds-180985823/

There is actually a fair academic literature on this question. One can start with scholar.google.com and keywords “psychological profiling to prevent terrorist attacks” There appears to be considerable skepticism that this can work. See for example...

Pretty typical excuse of government agencies that can’t actually demonstrate their efficacy. “It’s a national secret and we can’t tell you”. The TSA uses this all the time. Sorry, I don’t buy it and I don’t think anyone else should either. Oh this is easy. Just obtain some surface to air...

Maybe, but where is the data and analysis? It may work or it may be that something else is working. There are a lot of potential confounders here so I don't really think we can conclude that their airport security is what is doing the trick. If people were really determined, I can think of a...