No extra screening for small regional flights.

Thanks goodness for common sense. The Government has declined to extend security screening to small regional flights (personally I think they a nonsense on all but international flights) and instead will focus on improving flight deck security.

Extending screening would have cost $160 million over ten years, and that is before even looking at costs to passengers in delays.

Talking of Government announcements – I have heard a whisper that the Government will shortly announce its support for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – this will be a major win for the Maori Party, as Labour refused to support it.