Mike, I agree with you.
BUT IMHO
>Intelligence people say that they knew that bin laden was training
>pilots to suicide crash airliners with simulators.
Should have in itself set off alarms and in-the-field intelligence operations.
>Keep in mind that using airliners as lawn darts has NEVER been used as a
>terrorist tactic (unless you count that Egyptair crash a few years ago).
>The worst we would expect was hijacking followed by hostage taking and
>negotiation.
Then things have changed a lot in the last years. There were scenarios and
contingency plans in place that covered "impossible" situations. This was
far from impossible. Has the US government and DOD given up war gaming
entirely for security planning? It is not like the WTC has not been attacked
before and is a know potential terrorist target.
>
>When your airline is responsible for its own security, and farms that
>out to minimum wage rentacops, that is a recipe for disaster.
True, one of the WEB sources posted mentioned airport security was more to
give an impression of safety rather than safety itself.
Well if the government response to this is similar to their response to the
Los Angeles Northridge earthquake wait till the FEMA guys get to NYC. Then
you really know what it is like to suffer. The damage and chaos done by FEMA
was far more damaging than the earthquake.
Ralph
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