On Monday 17 September 2001 02:10 pm, Todd Hought wrote:
> reminds me of a good quote I saw once.
>
> "God created all men. Sam Colt made 'em equal."
>
> Give the pilots guns in the cockpits to defend themselves, and you bet
> this won't happen again.
This is getting WAY offtopic for this list.. but still. Giving the pilots
guns wouldn't be enough. As is, it would still be possible to wrestle the
gun away or somehow coerce the pilot to drop it.
No, there would also need to be a few more laws (and training) to make it
effective:
1) The gun would need to be "keyed" somehow to only work if used by the pilot
or co-pilot
2) Once the flight starts, the door needs to be locked and FORBIDDEN to open
3) The pilots would need to be trained to NEVER give up the cockpit.. even if
that means that the terrorists will start killing off the crew and passengers
For the first one, I'd insist on only the pilot and co-pilot and not the
flight attendents. That's because I'm sure some terrorist groups right now
are trying for a long range plan of planting operatives right in the flight
attendents crews just waiting for the right moment.
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