Sad occassion for return to the forums--but for what it's worth, I'd like to see an individual forum for the discussions that this terrorist action will give rise to.
RE: Cockpit safety,
I agree that little can be done to make the cockpit more secure, but there needs to be serious review of handling hostage situations on aircraft. I don't know what exactly, but it seemed to be all too easy for the flightcrew to be put into the situation of falling prey to one or two people armed with something as simple as a knife... Maybe a security plan designed around securing the cockpit/flightcrew under circumstances such as those. I dunno.
[ 12 September 2001: Message edited by: Mriya ]