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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (19533)	2/11/2003 3:09:53 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Who was Payne Stewart? What was the incident? He was a golfer whose private jet lost cabin pressure suddenly and all aboard passed out quickly. A military jet was there within minutes for a visual. And, if scrambling does remain policy, where is the evidence of orders not to scramble? Why were they given? It is SOP to scramble when a plane fails to respond or misses a vector. The pursuing pilot is authorized to get a visual and ask for further instructions. This is standard operating procedure. As for why they were ordered to stand down, that is an excellent question and one a responsible board of inquiry would pursue.