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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (13408)	5/25/2002 6:12:35 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

I'd wonder about "incapacitating gas" too, tough. Any gas that can do that in concentrations that can do that can kill. I agree. It is by no means a perfect solution, and would be something to use only under extreme conditions. It's a tough challenge. Pilots need a weapon that they can deploy from the cockpit, without exposing the cockpit to entry, as a last resort to prevent hijackers from gaining control of the aircraft. One advantage of a gas would be that if hijackers know that the pilots have the ability and the standing orders to put everyone in the cabin to sleep before they allow the cockpit to be breached, it might possibly serve as a deterrent. Of course I don't know much about aviation security, so I don't know why I'm talking about it. I do think that giving pilots guns is a worse idea.