The sick part to many of the aviation safety issues in the USA is that there is a hefty tax on each ticket. The money accumulates into a 'special' fund which is spent on politically favorable matters - only.
Safety is not on that list.
Many presume it was this fund which built the $100 million - plus - airport for Clinton's pal, Tyson, of Tyson Foods. There was also a major drug conviction in the background.
With then-Governor Clinton's drug associations (3 Billion in Cocaine) in Mena Arkansas Airport, and the media 'conveniently' hiding that history, Americans have lost heart with much of America.
The 9-11 mess has one resounding cry, "The money was already there, this could have been easily prevented!"
Canavan was forced to leave the FAA for refusing to put sky-marshals on planes with government VIPs, as part of a post 9-11 publicity stunt. Canavan refused, as it would only make the planes targets. FBI or U.S. Marshals were already available for protection, without the publicity.
[ 11 October 2001: Message edited by: SKYDRIFTER ]