There is no doubt that the suicide "pilots" not only inflicted a heinous crime on the American people, they also inflicted a huge burden on their fellow Arabs and other Muslims that they will have to carry for years to come.
Any person of Middle Eastern background is going to be viewed with great suspicion if he shows any interest in aviation and the same will apply to passengers. Anyone thinking of employing a person of Middle Eastern background is going to think long and hard before he does so. Personal profiling will be the way that security will be beefed up by either the airlines or the other passengers and can you blame them?
The damage that it will do to Middle Eastern airlines will surely make them as unviable as the major western ones are this week.
Let us hope that action is taken by the Middle Eastern countries to lance this boil; the after effects would be easier to deal with than if the USA is forced to act.