[TexasRepublic]

Dear Airline Industry [carriers and manufacturers],

Brace yourselves for financial turbulence, because a lot of people, myself included, will not fly again until we know that genuine safety has been restored to the skies, not mere window-dressing. To feel safe we will require as a start:

1) Secure doors and bulkheads on ALL airplanes to protect the pilots

2) Armed pilots

3) Sensible profiling and search of all Middle-Eastern-looking types, not Swedish grandmothers or children.

4) Airport screeners with common sense, good courtesy and decency and an IQ higher than a turnip.

No one can force us to fly or will convince us to fly until real changes are made. Tell it to Congress, you are about to go belly-up unless the customer is happy!

Have a nice day!

JOHN Q. PUBLIC

[Your Nightmare]

You people are too caught up in this "arm everyone" attitude. Contrary to the popular conservative belief, throwing guns at a problem doesn't necessarily solve it. The Israeli model has been very successful. Reinforced double doors and an armed air marshall is the solution. Too many bad scenarios arise with a pilot trying to defend the cockpit with a gun.

Let the pilot fly the plane and let an air marshall protect it.