I think we would be much better off with armed marshalls on the plane who can do the security and let the pilots be pilots.
The last line of the defense is the cockpit and its defenders are the pilots. Why are they not armed? How are we safer that they are not? Why are we not taking this simple precaution?
Why is President Bush opposing the arming of pilots. We are getting a lot of interesting alternatives, but why not the most obvious, simplest and cost effective solution. We are willing to consider shooting down hijacked commercial airliners, but pilots with handguns, out of the question. Where are all the 2nd Amendment folks on this issue? Or does President Bush get a pass on the 2ND Amendment?