[ppaul]

Now if a plane is hijacked (due to these pathethic, pacifistic measures) the entire planeload of people will die thanks to a US fired missile at their 6.

Gee, doesn't it make you feel safe to know that our cold-war policy is applied to airline safety?
Mutual Assured Destruction.
Yeah.
That's the ticket.
That'll really be an deterrent for suicidal Islamic serial murderers!

[sinclair]

Guns On Flights

Do you believe that a commercial airline pilot should be allowed to carry a gun in the cockpit? - 2676 respondents Yes 83% No 17% Do you believe that flight attendants should be able to carry nonlethal stun guns? - 2726 respondents Yes 76% No 24%