[CasearianDaoist]

Ban the flights.

[KantianBurke]

the sooner the better. they don't want to cooperate? Fine. Don't bother coming into our neighborhood. Sheesh don't those countries know they just planted a big "we're defenseless and ready for a hijacking" sign on their planes?

[Just another Joe]

Don't ban the flights. Just don't let them past the international limits.
Make 'em go back every time.

[marktwain]

The country's civil aviation authority said that putting loaded guns aboard an aircraft could endanger it.

A better course would be to cancel any flight against which there was a credible terrorist threat, it argued.

It is hard to believe that these countries once raised vikings or a worldwide empire. This is some of the most stupid posing that I have seen. What a rift with America, where the pilots are actively lobbying to be armed, and the Clinton holdout in the transportation department puts all the stumbling blocks he can in the way.

It does seem to be a "come hither" to terrorists.