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To: willcousa who wrote (143399)	9/13/2001 2:22:30 PM
From: tcmay	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

"The air traffic system was shut down because there were other terrorist teams in operation at the time. The shut down prevented them from getting on those places and may have saved tens of thousands. There were many flights in the air at the time, some of which could have been under terrorist control. Those could be more effectively intercepted if the number of planes in the air was controlled. " Grounding all flights while the extent of the attack was still unknown was reasonable. However, keeping every single non-government jet or light plane grounded for days did nothing. Nor will the nonsensical bannings of fingernail clippers, scissors, and other sharp instruments have an effect (months or years down the road, when the next such attack is mounted). If sharp objects are _supposedly_ banned (I say supposedly because any number of simple objects, such as parts of laptop computers, can have sharp edges--visualize the issue for a moment), then the attackers will use perfume bottles or simple squeeze bottles containing quick-acting cyanide sprays. Spritzing a stewardess with cyanide will terrify the other passengers into submission just as surely as cutting her jugular with a box knife did on Tuesday. And why hijack a commercial jet at all? Buy or lease a cargo jet on the open market and crash it into the Golden Gate Bridge or into Pac Bell Park on a crowded day. Once a group is willing to die for its beliefs and can put together $10 million to _buy_ a passenger or cargo jet, or less money just to lease one, then all the crap about 3 hour delays at LAX so bored Filipinos can root through packed underwear is just plain pointless. I'm reminded of how the Food and Drug Administration drags out approvals for many years just to cover their bureaucratic asses. The FAA is "playing it safe." At enormous cost to the economy. --Tim May