Gilldiver
Contributor
911 did a few things the first was to get the reinforced doors on the cockpits but the second, and most important thing, was to make the US public much more aware of what is going on and willing to act.
I get overseas a lot lately from the EU, through Turkey, and into India. In all these places you may have to go through metal detectors, past guards, and guys with automatic weapons at the airport, the malls, sporting stadiums, etc. It is the way it is in an area with a much higher terrorist potential then the US has. But the public is aware and they will call out if they see something that doesnt look right.
But back to flying, the 911 guys made it work without guns or bombs, all they had was box cutters. Why, because the passengers did what they had been told to do, sit on your hands, stay calm, and let the experts take care of it. This did not happen at the end on the plane that went down in PA because the passengers got word of the two planes I that went into the twin towers and decided to take action. There is no plane flying today where a 911 style attack would succeed as the passengers would take care of the attackers quickly. Who took care of this guy a few days ago and the shoe bomber, passengers.
As for these new rules, nothing in your lap, no getting up 1 hour before landing, they will do nothing for travel safety, it is all a bureaucratic knee jerk to say see we are doing things to make flying safe.
I get overseas a lot lately from the EU, through Turkey, and into India. In all these places you may have to go through metal detectors, past guards, and guys with automatic weapons at the airport, the malls, sporting stadiums, etc. It is the way it is in an area with a much higher terrorist potential then the US has. But the public is aware and they will call out if they see something that doesnt look right.
But back to flying, the 911 guys made it work without guns or bombs, all they had was box cutters. Why, because the passengers did what they had been told to do, sit on your hands, stay calm, and let the experts take care of it. This did not happen at the end on the plane that went down in PA because the passengers got word of the two planes I that went into the twin towers and decided to take action. There is no plane flying today where a 911 style attack would succeed as the passengers would take care of the attackers quickly. Who took care of this guy a few days ago and the shoe bomber, passengers.
As for these new rules, nothing in your lap, no getting up 1 hour before landing, they will do nothing for travel safety, it is all a bureaucratic knee jerk to say see we are doing things to make flying safe.
I would like to know how the morons coming up with these measures got their jobs.
