Private Planes: Freedom, Security, and Responsibility

by " Dec 14, 2005 at 12:30
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I also "suspect" this could have been done with MS Flight Sim. But,
that
is not what really happened. Fact: The terrorists trained at GA
schools

Yes they did. Many flight school students were/are Arabic. The
overwhelming majority are not terrorists. What do you suggest might
have prevented the attack? If you're going to suggest tighter screening
of foreign students, that's not up to the flight schools, that would be
a gov't function as it would involve the State Dept. So, tell me how GA
was responsible again?

Good points.

To clarify, I did not say GA was "responsible." I said that GA schools
provided the training.

There is plenty of blame to go around, with most falling on FBI
bureacracy, and airport "security" at Logan IMO.

I actually think the flight schools bear little of the responsibility,
even though they were roundly criticized right after the terrorist
*******s committed their cowardly attacks.

I'm fairly certain that new security requirements have been established
for foreign-born trainees.

I'm not buying the McVeigh/Ryder truck analogy. I'm pretty sure that
people purchasing large quantities of nitrogen based products such as
fertilizer face some type of restrictions or scrutiny today, but I'm not
sure.