The wholre problem to your reply though Kid Capt is that the terrorists are not just carrying the weapons on board but some are being left on board for them... I agree that we should be careful when arming pilots but you must look at the facts as they are. Stage coaches of the west pretty much went with at least one armed gaurd on board... Why do a/c which are more volatile not have any gaurds visible or not on board? Because everyone keeps saying that we will be safe in our skies. We havce the technology to see the weapons before they get to the plane. You can walk through any check system with a ceramic or glass knife, It is not detectable. So how do you propose to stop these unidentifiable weapons from slipping on board? It means you have to do a strip search which you are not allowed to do without probable cause. They will not have probable cause in random searches because those weapons as earlier stated cannot be detected. We need to do something along the way to arm our pilots or put armed guards on board each a/c...
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