Pat Down and Scanners

There is a lot of talk on the various news media outlets about whether airline passengers should be patted down or scanned.
No one seem to be happy with either choice- so how about a third choice?

Let the individual airlines handle their own passengers- get the government out of the business- we do not need another expensive bloated government agency.

If we turn the search procedures over to the airlines- some airlines can opt out of the searchs or try some other altenative method.

Now I do not fly often- three times in 60 years- but I do know that most reservations are made weeks and sometimes months in advance.
If this is still the procedure- why can't these passengers be investigated prior to the day of departure.

This investigation can provide a general knowledge of who might be a threat and when this person or persons show up for departure- they can be take aside and searched.
Remember most terrorist who are in this country now, are probably planning something on a grander scale than another airplane attack, and thanks to the good people at Homeland Security, the FBI and CIA we have been able to prevent anything from happening.

Besides, any plot that has been discovered has occurred in other countries.
So if the terrorist wish to commit an airspace act-more than likely they are coming over to this country from another country, usally a country on a terrorist list.