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Politics : America Under Siege: The End of Innocence -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rob S. who wrote (1601)	9/13/2001 8:40:02 PM
From: joseph krinsky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

Maybe that's the way to go, (the pilots support) if the idea is really the definitive or even close to the definitive answer. They hold "the power" in reality, and if enough of them get on the bandwagon, it would seem that getting it accomplished would be a slam dunk. either do it, or we don't fly. sounds good to me.

To: Rob S. who wrote (1601)	9/13/2001 8:43:32 PM
From: thestockrider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 27666

The cost, weight&balance, revenue loss calculations for secure doors may have been done last year when the FAA and airlines were talking about aggressive passengers, the drunks who beat up flight attendants. The airlines probably know this already. The cockpit door doesn't need to be something you'd use to guard gold bullion, just something to prevent people with knives and guns from getting into the cockpit in the time it would take to land the plane, say 30 minutes. Implementing cockpit doors was a business decision, but now it may be a political decision.