Tough Mudder CEO hates airport security, loves meeting people on the plane
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The ex-counterterrorism agent has traveled frequently both for the British government and his business, and out of all the airports in the world he picks New York's LaGuardia as his absolute least favorite.
I’VE been flying all of my life. When you start a business, it’s great to have to fly because that means your business is growing. But the process is infuriating. As a former counterterrorism agent in Britain, I can’t argue against safety. And at my company, Tough Mudder, we take safety very seriously. But there just needs to be a more efficient manner to conduct security at the airports.
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