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To: (Bob) Zumbrunnen who wrote (121996)	9/14/2001 5:48:38 PM
From: (Bob) Zumbrunnen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

Just remembered something else I wanted to rant about. Are we looking at possible overkill in the future of airline security? I would think armed pilots behind a more secure door listening in on the cabin all the time would be plenty. Not enough? Okay, an armed (undercover) Marshall on every flight. Still not enough? How about a panic button available to each pilot that engages autopilot and won't disengage without a password. Still not enough? The ability of ground control to engage autopilot. As in all aspects of life, we can't make all bad things impossible. If we can make them far less likely, that should be good enough. And any one of a number of small changes would thwart this approach to terrorism.