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To: epsteinbd who wrote (94327)	4/17/2003 8:03:36 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<What would you have done, as a pilot, with no such prior barbarity in history ? > I'd have taken the fire axe with me to kill the hijacker. Unfortunately, the training that pilots had been given was that hijackers should be obeyed, the idea being that the security of the aircraft was best protected by complying with demands, so maybe I'd have been tricked too. My brother [a retired pilot of 737s, 747s and other aircraft pilot] says that the best thing for the pilots to do is flick the aircraft up and down. Anybody without a seat belt on would hit the roof, and then the floor. Box-cutters would be completely useless. The hijackers would feel very injured after a few times hitting the roof, then the floor and anything in between. So would other passengers. After a few up and downs, THEN it would be time to go out with the axe to see who needed dealing with. There isn't going to be another hijacking. Security checks on passengers and certainly grandmothers with nail-files can be eased. Bombs on board remain of concern. There is no need for air marshals to waste time on flights. Mqurice