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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (27351)	9/15/2001 12:45:19 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I wasn't familiar with tasers, but my first impression is that it sounds great. Aparently it is aimed by positioning laser dots--15 feet of wires. I think there should be more than one type of response in order to combat certain strategies, but I think the taser would definitely need to be in there. In the case that the nutbar was immediately threatening some means of depressurising the plane, it would be imperative that he be reached by some weapon very quickly. Of course, this type of talk is somewhat morbid, but it is a million times easier to keep out of trouble than it is to get out of trouble. With appropriate measures I am sure that in-flight intervention would be extremely rare. But all homes require smoke detectors in spite of the fact that most of us will never contemplate losing our homes to fire.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (27351)	9/15/2001 1:29:09 PM
From: Michael M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Lot simpler if the cockpit crew had audio/video sensors to monitor what was going on in the cabin. This is not a very expensive fix. As hi-jackers tend to move about the cabin vs being strapped in, the captain can pretty easily put them all on the floor or ceiling in an instant. You do keep your belt at least lightly fastened at all times don't you?

To: cosmicforce who wrote (27351)	9/15/2001 2:16:17 PM
From: Michael M	Respond to of 82486

Y'all feeling safe yet? The partial post below was on a forum sponsored by a travel industry publication. New security measures may still be more talk than walk. __________________ "One more thing that is quite frightening.....a client of ours flew on the first Intl flight out of ATL on South African Airways on Wed, to JNB, one way. (going home) He carried on his camera case and inside were FOUR knives. FOUR!!!! Nobody stopped him or checked. I got this information directly from his wife who wanted me to do something about it. I asked WHY he would do such a stupid thing, and she said he did it out of habit. He always carries them with him and just "forgot" to take them out. She asked me to contact the FAA and ATL security to inform them. I did. Did anyone care? NO!!! I talked to 2 people at the FAA and left detailed information and I even gave my home #. No one called to inquire further. This is exactly how this whole thing got started. This is how it will continue until someone pulls their heads out of their ***** and enforces what is supposed to be mandated. Our lives will never be the same again, and unless strict laws are ENFORCED, it will probably happen again. We are just too complacent."

To: cosmicforce who wrote (27351)	11/17/2001 4:46:23 AM
From: 2MAR$	Respond to of 82486

I'd suggested a special weapon, powered by CO2, with multi-shot Taser darts. It's surprising how compliant people can become they are doing the 40kV Watusi! United Airlines Will Install ADVANCED TASERs in Cockpits on All Aircraft siliconinvestor.com Take a peek at the TASR chart Cosmic.... nice call (who says beanie babies don't make great stockpickers !) siliconinvestor.com You guys were ahead of the curve on that airline security discussion here before , for some of the most amazing runs in the market occured in this sector .... look at few of these : Digital Biometric Identification Systems and explosive detection : INVN siliconinvestor.com VSNX siliconinvestor.com VISG siliconinvestor.com * and they said you were a dreamer ! ;-) Mars