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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence

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To: miraje who wrote (1473)	9/13/2001 4:38:30 PM
From: Arthur Radley	Read Replies (1) of 27666

James, You mention that Boeing offers secure cockpit access but that airlines don't tak advantage of this offering. Let me share with you another factoid about airline safety and the fact airlines refuse to take advantage of it. If you enter an airplane from the front entrance and look down the aisle you notice right away....ALL passenger seats face the front. Any safety experts will tell you that IF you faced the passenger seats to the rear that in MANY cases crash landing would end with many passengers NOT being killed. Think about this....what happens on impact and where does the initial impact occur. Interesting fact is that airlines don't choose to offer this seating configurations because of the belief that passengers would be adverse to the implications that there is a safety issue involved in air travel. Go figure! To my knowledge, Southwest airlines is the only airline that has a FEW seats facing the rear. I always select one of those seats and let me tell you that upon landing, if you aren't safely buckled in, you are in for a surprise.

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