ameijers wrote:
> wrote in message news:436C2C0B.40307@olypen.com...
>
>>DevilsPGD wrote:
>>
>>>>"I'd like to know why [knives] are no longer a threat when they were a
>>>>threat over the last four years," fumed Rep. Joseph Crowley
>>>>(D-Queens), whose firefighter cousin was killed on 9/11.
>>>
>>>
>>>Assuming cockpits are not locked, knives basically aren't a threat.
>>>
>>
>>Not to pilots maybe, but still a threat to flight attendants and
>>passengers!!!
>>
>
> As long as pilots follow protocol and keep the door locked, in spite of how
> attached they may be to the cabin crew, threats to pax and crew will not
> result in a kamikaze 767 cruise missile again. Yeah, being expendable sucks.
> But given that all the pax on all 4 planes died anyway, X lives on plane
> versus X * 100 lives on the ground seems like a good tradeoff. And if the
> pilots don't follow protocol, and another plane gets seized, there won't be
> any hesitation ordering a shootdown if it approaches an urban area. Probably
> already laid out in the rules of engagement. I don't think passengers will
> ever be following the old rules about not confronting hijackers again. If
> you're gonna die anyway, you have nothing to lose by attacking.
>
> Having said all that- I'd be real suprised if the Bad Guys used planes
> again, at least anytime soon. It'll be something nobody expected, and that
> nobody is taking many protective measures about. Part of what you pay for
> living in an open society.
>
> aem sends....
>
It's an interesting issue. Small weapons such as are being discussed
are certainly dangerous but they cannot be used without some danger to
the perpetrators. To use such small weapons to cause death you have to
come within reach for a significant amount of time.
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