I believe that it was said that marshals would be on some flights but which
ones were unknown. Today that would be nice but who is going to hire,
manage, and schedule the 50,000+ people needed for a marshal on each flight?
There are a lot of flights from a lot of American airports each day. I can
only imagine the logistics it would take to accomplish a marshal on each
flight. And then there are the jumbo jets; is one marshal enough to cover
the entire jet?
Our knee-jerk reactions need to be temper with thought. Travel as we know
it will change, what that change will be is hard to say.
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee LoFrisco [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 3:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Air Travel in the Aftermath of the Terrorist Attack
After the sky-jackings of the '70s, US Air Marshalls were present
on every flight. Another change we can afford.
Lee
>--- Original Message ---
>From: Mats Jansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: 9/12/01 3:36:25 PM
>
>Increased pre-boarding security is not the answer. These guys
used knifes.
>How many other ways can skilled killers use to take control
of people around
>them? It seems to me some other alternatives warrant consideration,
based
>on the assumption that one cannot prevent dangerous people from
boarding an
>airplane:
>
>-Lock the pilots into the cockpit upon take-off, and have absolutely
no
>communication, or no way to enter the cockpit. Landing safely
is job #1.
>
>-Security guards on every flight might deter to some extent.
Give them a
>gas mask and the ability to set off tear gas (as long as it
can be kept out
>of the cock pit), and maybe their chances are greater.
>
>I don't know, one can probably think of many better ways, but
I think we
>have to realize that increased pre-boarding security is nothing
more than a
>charade to show people that "we're doing something about it".
>
>Just one man's opinion.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Eric Moeller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 9:44 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Air Travel in the Aftermath of the Terrorist Attack
>
>
>Well said, Rachel! (as always)
>
>I completely agree. I also wish to point out that this thread
exemplifies
>one of the goals of the terrorist: Americans questioning their
safety and
>reacting.
>
>It's OK to be afraid, and it's OK to question, but our quality
of life
>through Freedom must not be diminished AT ALL. Increased security
measures
>probably should and will be instituted, but delays and inconveniences
need
>not be part of them in the current state of technology. And,
above all, we
>must realize that no amount of planning and securing will make
us
>invincible.
>
>The key is in the response. First, we must continue our way
of life in
>spite of our fear. To opt out of flying will show that the
act was
>effective. What about next time when 10 city buses are hi-jacked
and
>exploded? Or when 20 rifleman on different overpasses across
the country
>start shooting up morning commuters? Will you give up the bus,
and the car?
>And finally not leave your home at all? I apologize for the
graphic
>examples, but in my years as a Team Leader in the US Army Bomb
Squad I
>learned that the only effective way to deal with a terrorist,
is to
>eliminate the terrorist. All else is just reaction.
>
>Which brings me to my second point about response: the criminals
must be
>found and dealt with by whatever means available. Lobbing cruise
missiles
>into Afghanistan is not going to cut it this time. We can only
truly win if
>we demonstrate that attacks upon the U.S. and her allies will
result in
>swift, deadly punishment, and that the act will have no effect
on our way of
>life to begin with.
>
>Thanks for listening!
>
>Eric Moeller
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rachel Foerster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 10:08 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Air Travel in the Aftermath of the Terrorist Attack
>
>
>To be afraid is to let the barbarians win!
>Yes, I will travel this week, the next, and whenever my clients
need me to
>be there to help.
>No, my thoughts on domestic travel have not changed....it was,
is, and
>continues to be far safer than our daily automobile commute.
>
>Will the routine of the past for air travel change? Of course!
It should! We
>will adjust accordingly - but never, never, never give up our
freedom as
>citizens of a democratic country and a free world!
>
>Rachel Foerster
>Principal
>Rachel Foerster & Associates, Ltd.
>Professionals in EDI & Electronic Commerce
>39432 North Avenue
>Beach Park, IL 60099
>Phone: 847-872-8070
>Fax: 847-872-6860
>http://www.rfa-edi.com <http://www.rfa-edi.com>
>
>
>
>My shock and disbelief is slowly turning to anger over this
most
>tragic event and the actions to follow. Our lives in America
>and possibly the world have changed forever.
>
>My EDI consulting involves constant travel around the U.S.
Before
>yesterday, I never gave a thought to hijacking as these were
>always targeted for non-domestic flights. Not anymore. For
>those of us who travel on airplanes for business, I ask you
to
>share your thoughts on this subject.
>
>Are you afraid?
>Will you travel this week or next?
>Has this event changed your thoughts on domestic travel?
>
>Lee LoFrisco
>
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