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To: MythMan who wrote (121013)	9/11/2001 9:31:58 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't it become a policy to have the pilot's doors locked about 25 years ago....after the first hijacking?

To: MythMan who wrote (121013)	9/11/2001 9:33:52 PM
From: JRI	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Actually, this goes back to a pretty easy answer/problem (something that might have partially or totally prevented today's disaster): It is so incredibly easy to get into a cockpit of any major plane while in flight...you'd have a much harder time, likely, breaking down your own front door.. With all the air rage stories of the last few years, the major airlines have known about this problem, and have done nothing but lip service about it. If you worked your entire career in the industry, you'd have to be totally security-stupid not to think this was a major weakness in the systemIt was a disaster waiting to happen in one form or another. But it would have cost a good amount of bucks to retro-fit every plane in their fleets, and the airlines were too cheap to do it. There is going to be a lot of anger directed at the airlines in the coming weeks, IMO.