Jackonico
Where to begin? In the interest of bandwidth I'll just take one of the points in your post.
Since BA is so much more a "secure carrier" than the incompetent United or AA would you care to discuss the violent cockpit instrusion which occured on a BA aircraft inflight over Africa in the recent past? Surely you recall it. It was well discussed on these pages as well as your tabloids.
Ah, you say, but that was successfully resolved. Indeed, that time. One crazed hijacker with no specific goal and without the foresight to pick up a knife and a flight attendant on the way to the cockpit was eventually overpowered.
The US crews had to deal with 4 to 5 well-trained and determined terrorists in a long planned and well-prepared operation with the specific intent to destroy the aircraft, kill the occupants, themselves and God knows how many innocents on the ground in the most costly terrorist incident of all time.
Think BA could have resolved that one in the skies over London? Manchester? Liverpool? How about over New York City on the morning of the 11th?
Consider the UK's actions grounding aircraft/restricting airspace was kneejerk as well?
Then you do your countrymen a diservice Sir.
If you think it couldn't have or can't happen in your home country, wake up. Feel EXTREMELY lucky that only the US was targeted this time. It could damned certainly just as easily have been you.
You might consider either leaving the US alone to deal with their horrendous situation or perhaps even offer some support if your beliefs allow you to do that.
But please, please, refrain from your small-minded anti-US shots. They've had quite enough of them lately.
[ 15 September 2001: Message edited by: StbdD ]