U.S. Won't Allow Guns in Cockpits

AP ^ | 2-21-2002 | JONATHAN D. SALANT

[PsyOp]

PsyOp, will you settle for $2.50?

Hell Yeah.

[tpaine]

mattdono:

I don't know what the President has to do with this,

Quote of the day. - #347 posted by iconoclast

I think that you are taking my remarks out of context. In later posts, I stated that the President has everything to do with setting the policy. I was simply remarking about Mineta and Ridge's comments on the record; that the comments were made by Mineta and Ridge, because there was an inference that it was Bush saying (as in a direct quote) "No guns.". Again, I conceded that he should be setting the policy and, indeed, if this is his policy that I was disappointed.

-- "IF"? -- Only disappointed? - You bush apologists, to be sure, haven't had much time to learn the fine 'bold' art of backpedaling, but enough is enough.
Decisions such as this are made with the FULL concurrence of all levels, -- and the buck stops at dubyas desk.

Hey, what can I say, I don't get it perfect everytime. No one does!

Yep, 'mistakes are made'. We heard a lot of that with the last administration, didn't we?

[Crowcreek]

Thanx, MI, but I'll stick with the circumstances of my original proposition -- An actual hijacking.

There will be NO compromise here; It's five bucks, one way or another. As good as your information is, it has no bearing on the outcome of MY bet, hard as that is for some to fathom !

The test takes place in whatever model plane is getting hijacked at the moment -- and I get to try ALL the doors . . .

;^)

[Eastbound]

Your welcome! Like the guy said, 'coincidence.' Uhuh.

[BearCub]

Hmmm. Plane pressurized to about 7 psi differential (about 9000' cabin altitude if at FL350). Door is about 6.5' x 3.5'. That's 3276 square inches. Times 7 is about 23,000 pounds of force required to open the door.

Sure you're going to open it.

[Crowcreek]

Just tell the stew you're going to play with it next time you go up, I'm sure she'll let you after you show her your figures and tell her it's perfectly safe . . .

[BearCub]

Dude, you're the only one here suggesting you might play with the doors. The rest of us know what a waste of time it would be.