[Coop]

they had warnings bout airliner attacks about a year prior to their delivery. Hopefully they can stop another attack by acting responsibly.

That has to be one of the more ridiculous comments I've seen in a long time. You're reading about a terrorist wanting to attack us with WMD, and the only thing you can do is criticize "them?"

BTW, the airline attack info was c. 1996. And having knowledge of a general threat does not help stop a specific attack. Except of course if one is a psychic keyboard critic.

[gortklattu]

It's not a ridiculous comment, it's rational.

They knew that "bin Laden's cronies" were learning to fly airliners and weren't interested in learning how to land or take off. What's that tell you?

It told me that they were going to use the aircraft as Kamikazi's.... that's what they did. All they had to do is not allow the hijackers into the cockpit. Aerobatics or anything else, prevent their entering the cockpit.

So, with a general threat, you have a preventive measure.