Posted on 09/13/2001 3:08:10 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:00:41 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The second kamikaze jet veers toward a direct hit on the south tower on Tuesday, a feat that's surprisingly easy with a few months of flight training, experts say.
September 13, 2001 -- Taking control of a big airliner and flying it into as precise a target as the World Trade Center is easier than most people would imagine, aviation experts said today.
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Can there be any doubt this will occur?
We must require security guards and security personnel to be better trained, more professional, and more alert to danger. The only way to get this kind of dedication to the job on a widespread basis is to pay them professional wages and benefits. There are specialized skills to the security business, we just haven't recognized that to maintain them we must make it worthwhile.
Too bad Krinton focused on putting 100,000 new cops on the street.
Does anyone have any idea of how many flights there are daily, or, just how many Sky Marshalls would be needed? The best answer may be additional training and qualification for those citizens who already hold CCW permits.
Having worked in airport security in the early 80s, I can say that this statement is very true. And I see no evidence that security has changed much since.
In the 80s "security" consisted of minimum wage paid high school students and retirees, who were expected to check for knives and other weapons, after "training" for such events by watching a 1 hour training film. Direct access to the airfield was guarded by the same.
Often I was lugging two, sometimes three computer laptops side-by-side. They alone present a visual that should cause the operator much concern, it being too easy to use the laptop components to mask the dangerous articles they needed to screen.
The few times I was challenged, and bags more examined were at small airports like Des Moines IA and Richmond VA. It seemed that there the employees were more professional.
I had the impression they were always looking for what I would call a big-hunking hogleg of a firearm. There are so many firearms that could be disassembled into components and placed into a bag just right that the angle of the view on the screen masks the proper viewing angle. Remember, the one who knows what is in the bag, is the one who places it carefully on the belt. Any large object is best viewed from top, side and front, three views, not just one.
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