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C J Campbell wrote:
The whole thing seems incredibly dangerous to me. What if they start pulling out their weapons and making threatening movements during the flight? A pilot might kill them first and ask questions later. Or get distracted, crash, and have NBC run a program on how GA killed two of theirs, small planes are dangerous, etc etc etc... Hilton |
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![]() "Hilton" wrote in message link.net... C J Campbell wrote: The whole thing seems incredibly dangerous to me. What if they start pulling out their weapons and making threatening movements during the flight? A pilot might kill them first and ask questions later. Or get distracted, crash, and have NBC run a program on how GA killed two of theirs, small planes are dangerous, etc etc etc... I would destroy an airplane before letting a terrorist have it. If I crashed under such circumstances it would be deliberate. I would attempt to make sure that ATC knew what was going on and I might attempt to make the crash survivable, but those would be secondary priorities. There being no way to tell the difference between reporters acting like terrorists and terrorists claiming to be reporters, I would assume that they might say anything or produce any kind of supposed documentation if their lives were threatened. Kill them first, I say, and let NBC explain things later if turns out their guys were real. Just like an NBC reporter to bring a Leatherman to a gunfight. :-) Honestly, though, it bothers me that so many pilots seem to think that a moment's distraction is enough to cause you to lose control of an airplane. What kind of pilot skill is that? |
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![]() "C J Campbell" wrote in message news ![]() "Hilton" wrote in message link.net... C J Campbell wrote: The whole thing seems incredibly dangerous to me. What if they start pulling out their weapons and making threatening movements during the flight? A pilot might kill them first and ask questions later. Or get distracted, crash, and have NBC run a program on how GA killed two of theirs, small planes are dangerous, etc etc etc... I would destroy an airplane before letting a terrorist have it. If I crashed under such circumstances it would be deliberate. I would attempt to make sure that ATC knew what was going on and I might attempt to make the crash survivable, but those would be secondary priorities. There being no way to tell the difference between reporters acting like terrorists and terrorists claiming to be reporters, I would assume that they might say anything or produce any kind of supposed documentation if their lives were threatened. Kill them first, I say, and let NBC explain things later if turns out their guys were real. I would say a reporter ACTING like a terrorist IS a terrorist and should be dealt with accordingly. At some point it is to late to say "Uh, just kidding". Allen |
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![]() "Allen" wrote in message news ![]() "C J Campbell" wrote in message news ![]() "Hilton" wrote in message link.net... C J Campbell wrote: The whole thing seems incredibly dangerous to me. What if they start pulling out their weapons and making threatening movements during the flight? A pilot might kill them first and ask questions later. Or get distracted, crash, and have NBC run a program on how GA killed two of theirs, small planes are dangerous, etc etc etc... I would destroy an airplane before letting a terrorist have it. If I crashed under such circumstances it would be deliberate. I would attempt to make sure that ATC knew what was going on and I might attempt to make the crash survivable, but those would be secondary priorities. There being no way to tell the difference between reporters acting like terrorists and terrorists claiming to be reporters, I would assume that they might say anything or produce any kind of supposed documentation if their lives were threatened. Kill them first, I say, and let NBC explain things later if turns out their guys were real. I would say a reporter ACTING like a terrorist IS a terrorist and should be dealt with accordingly. At some point it is to late to say "Uh, just kidding". Much like committing an armed robbery with a fake or unloaded weapon is "no excuse". In the South you could just say "They needed killin'!". |
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 07:40:48 -0700, "C J Campbell"
wrote: I would destroy an airplane before letting a terrorist have it. If I crashed under such circumstances it would be deliberate. I would attempt to make sure that ATC knew what was going on and I might attempt to make the crash survivable, but those would be secondary priorities. There being no way to tell the difference between reporters acting like terrorists and terrorists claiming to be reporters, I would assume that they might say anything or produce any kind of supposed documentation if their lives were threatened. Kill them first, I say, and let NBC explain things later if turns out their guys were real. Just like an NBC reporter to bring a Leatherman to a gunfight. :-) Honestly, though, it bothers me that so many pilots seem to think that a moment's distraction is enough to cause you to lose control of an airplane. What kind of pilot skill is that? WTF is a terrorist going to do with a GA plane? If they were to seize it, they'd have to land it somewhere and fill it with a bomb. By then, ATC would be alerted and said plane would have a hard time going anywhere. Then again, this is an attempt to screw over GA by forcing private pilots and their passengers to go through the insane TSA security. Eric Pinnell (Author, "Steel Rain", "Claws of The Dragon", "The Omega File") For a preview, see: http://www.ericpinnell.com/books/previews.shtml |
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C J Campbell wrote:
Honestly, though, it bothers me that so many pilots seem to think that a moment's distraction is enough to cause you to lose control of an airplane. What kind of pilot skill is that? Me thinks you're trivializing one guy sitting right next to you, another right behind you with his arm around your neck, both screaming and shouting and holding knifes at your neck. Hilton |
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![]() "Hilton" wrote in message link.net... C J Campbell wrote: Honestly, though, it bothers me that so many pilots seem to think that a moment's distraction is enough to cause you to lose control of an airplane. What kind of pilot skill is that? Me thinks you're trivializing one guy sitting right next to you, another right behind you with his arm around your neck, both screaming and shouting and holding knifes at your neck. Well, if they are going to disable the pilot, that is a little more than what I generally think of as a "distraction." Anyway, if things got that far then the airplane might as well be allowed to destroy itself. You have to figure that you're dead anyway. |
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