Reminds me of an old Patton quote- "Fixed defenses are tributes to the
stupidity of mankind."

Guns or no, the best defense against hijackers will be the pax themselves-
of course if the hijackers manage to get some weapons on board first then
more pax will be killed than necessary, but I don't see terrorists being
able to do anything more than down the plane. 9/11 succeded only because of
its novelty.

-cwk.

"Scout" wrote in message
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The only way a terrorist could get behind that locked, bullet proof
door is for someone to open it.

Right, which is why it was managed to be opened by a couple of people
armed
with nothing more than a drink cart.