Yep. Score one for private industry.
Well to be fair to Mineta, the airlines had a lot clearer picture with their inside info. Credit them with quick decision to protect their planes, and credit Mineta with quickly seeing that it needed to be expanded nationwide. Kudos all around on this one.
Armchair quarterbacks may want to criticize the government on this, but c'mon, prior to this moment, could anybody really think that there would be multiple hijacks for this purpose, and that there might be others moments away?