Private Planes: Freedom, Security, and Responsibility

typo corrected
"Jim Macklin" wrote
in message news:Rw_nf.28952$QW2.19358@dukeread08...
| It is all Bill Gates fault, Microsoft Flight Simulator
| software allows any sky lune itic to practice the task
of
| flying into a building in their choice of aircraft. I
think
| the earlier versions even had the NYC skyline and WTC on
the
| box cover.
|
| Certainly, it is not possible to learn how to steer an
| airplane anywhere else in the world, except the USA.
There
| are no airplanes in the Mid-East, Far-East, Africa or any
| place other than Florida, Texas, and California.
|
| What I want to know is when will the government and the
| anti-weapons/self-defense crowd admit that the security
| rules themselves left the passenger and crew in an unarmed
| and [mentally] defenseless state. Had every passenger had
a
| 6 shot 38 or 45 revolver and instructions to , sit in your
| seat and shot anybody who causes trouble, NONE of those
| airliners would have been hijacked.
| To those who will say that the possibility of gun fire in
| the cabin would cause explosive decompression, remember
that
| FAR 25 airplanes are designed and have been so for
decades,
| to resist and handle damage to the structure and
explosions
| that can leave a 20 sq. ft. hole in the fuselage. The out
| flow valve will just close a little bit for a few dozen
| bullets holes.
|
| But it is felt that death in a plane crash or with your
| throat cut by a terrorists is better than having citizens
| armed and acting in their own best interest.
|
|
| --
| James H. Macklin
| ATP,CFI,A&P
|
| --
| The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
| But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| some support
| http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
|
|
|
| "Skylune" wrote in message
|
lkaboutaviation.com...
|| Would one expect the airlines to act responsibly and
| admit their
|| failure to provide adequate security previous to 9/11,
and
| work
|| collaboratively to rectify their shortcoming?
||
|| Commercial aviation provided the vehicles. GA provided
| the training.
|| Would one expect GA schools to act responsibly and admit
| their failure to
|| provide adequate security previous to 9/11?
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