quoted 17 lines From: jean paul l'asthme [mailto:jplasthma@yahoo.com]> From: jean paul l'asthme [mailto:jplasthma@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2001 5:18 AM
> To: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: [idm] ?
>
> > 2 things i've heard of that would make sense are
> >
> > 1) doors to cockpit would be impossible to enter.
>
> don't know what it wasn't in place already.
>
> > 2) flight controllers should be able to carry guns.
>
> i would think that because an airplane is pressurized,
> having a gun on board would be a bad idea... holes
> in airplanes are not good. plus all a hijacker would
> have to do is get the gun...
The reasoning behind unsecure cockpit doors is also because of air pressure.
Apparently if they make the cockpit doors too secure the air pressure
difference between the two sections because unmanageably different and
causes problems. This is, of course, something that could change with some
crucial and inventive engineering. I am not an engineer but heard
discussions of this on one of the news stations the other evening.
Also, there is an "air marshal" program that basically puts police officers
in airplanes, and they are armed with guns. I haven't heard the discussion
but there was apparently some controversy regarding having armed marshals in
the airplane, especially if they would need to shoot a hijacker over the
heads of passengers. A very tough situation, indeed.
Things will change to be sure. But U.S. policy is probably the most
necessary change. Nothing can be completely secure for the United States
and still maintain a "free" society.
Chris
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