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To: Ish who wrote (189932)	10/7/2001 6:39:22 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) of 769667

When I think as an engineer this is where safety really lies in dealing with a terrorist threat that could be up to several. Sealing the cockpit is just a layer. All things in layers and unpredictable. Guida warned that the security of the flight deck cannot depend solely on armed sky marshals, who, he said, can easily be picked out of a crowd and, if overpowered, would provide a hijacker with a weapon, Giuda said. "It's time to throw the gauntlet to the mat. We are going to get politicized into unarmed cockpits and then we'll get shot with the guns the marshals used because they will be taken away from them," he added. Arming pilots introduces the element of "risk, fear and doubt" into the mind of a potential hijacker, he told the newspaper. tom watson tosiwmee

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