Boeing and TWA must have been greased by the feds big time to bend over and take it.
Both TWA and Boeing have a strong interest in not having people so scared of terrorism that they won’t fly.
Hey, I was involved in a situation about 1/100 or less of this magnitude, and when management calls in the lawyers and they all ‘meet’ with the pertinent ‘parties’ I happen to KNOW that things just get ‘solved’ real well.
Glad I am too old to care anymore, and that is what matters to these players: new generations are entering the field and those that know what is going on just fade away... good for them, I know I WILL sleep well!
Just the CEO of TWA at the time... he ended up living a pretty cush life after that. I worked for TWA at the time of the 800 shoot down and worked the 800 info desk as it was all being sorted out. You know, “was my son/daughter/wife/etc on that flight that got shot down?” type of questions.
“Boeing and TWA must have been greased by the feds big time to bend over and take it.”
I’d say more likely that they would have been subject to a Federal shakedown if they didn’t bend over ~ still it’s the same thing ~ thugocracy.
I’ll have to ask my bro about this. He’s a pilot and I’d bet he knows.