True, but is that because of our limited air marshal program, because twenty guys like me will stomp the guts out of any Mohammed that tries to rush the cockpit, or because it'll take about 10-15 minutes for an F-15 to blow the plane out of the sky? It's probably a combination of all these factors.
Actually, the jihadis are mostly not particularly stupid. After 911 I am sure that they know that that tactic is obsolete, especially after Mr. Reid had his difficulties doing his job. I think the nost important thing we are doing now is rapidly upgrading our ability to inspect of incoming ship cargos. We have a long way to go and will never be penetration proof but the chancier we make it the more planning has to go into a project and the more likely that we will catch it.