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Old December 18th, 2011, 01:09 AM posted to rec.travel.air
DevilsPGD[_3_]
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Default ANOTHER old lady strip searched

In message someone
claiming to be "hls" typed:


"DevilsPGD" wrote in message
.. .
In message someone
claiming to be Irwell typed:

Is that the same system that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to
waltz through with their box-cutters?


Yes. What of it?

Secure the cockpit doors, then when a hijacking occurs, land the plane
at the nearest airport and have SWAT deal with the problem.


A lot of people can die in a situation like the one you describe.
It is a lot better to try to head off such a confrontation before
it happens.


This is true, but so what?

A lot of people can die if someone takes a gun to a busy shopping mall
or sporting event, or cuts a dozen cars' brakes all on one day, or goes
after a passenger rail service.

Once you secure the cockpit doors (removing the potential for a hijack,
and the potential to use the plane itself as a weapon), there's nothing
uniquely special or interesting about a plane that makes it a fun place
to stab/shoot/annoy people.

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It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to
steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.