Re: [Flightgear-devel] Flight Simulation, Hijacking, and "Solutions"?

[Curtis L. O. <cu...@fl...>]

Erik Hofman writes:
> I think you are right.
> And then you have the problem of what to do when a plane gets hi-jacked
> just before landing ...

And now that it is demonstrated that hijackers can be fully qualified
pilots, there's nothing stopping them from getting a job with an
airline and already being pilot in command legitimately.  Intelligent,
determined people can always find ways to be destructive if they
unfortunately want to.

I think the best we can do is to have all the sane countries of the
world work together to stomp out organized terrorism such as what
appears to be responsible for this attack.  We will never be able to
eliminate the small groups or individuals acting alone.  My hope is
that we don't eliminate all our freedoms in the process of trying.

(Disclaimer: Of course I understand the USA is far from perfect...)

The following url is blatantly pro-USA (written by a Canadian in 1973)
but I'm a USA citizen so I feel I'm entitled.  A good point is made:

   http://www.aunty-violet.com/dujour/standproud.html

Curt.
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