Spot on, jscones.
A proper car analogy:
A car service hires out cars with drivers to take people to the airport. People book this service weeks in advance, and they do hundreds of pick-ups and deliveries per day. They have exactly the number of cars they need to do their X hundred trips per day, no more. Their cars are left each night in an unlocked yard with the keys on the dashboard. The limo company also hires drivers known to be only somewhat reliable and they have exactly the number of drivers they need, 1 per car.
Now, if any of the unsecured cars is stolen or vandalized, someone misses a flight. If an employee doesn't show, someone misses a flight. If a car needs maintenance, someone misses a flight. Note that people only know they will miss their flight when the car doesn't show up, they are given no warning.
Now in the above example, when cars are stolen from the lot is IT partially the fault of the thieves/vandals that people miss flights. But it is MOSTLY the fault of the limo service for not having the due diligence that locking the gates and keys up would represent. It's also their fault for not having excess employees or cars, so that if one or more are sick/not working, that the schedule can still function.
There's your car analogy, John.
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