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To: coug who wrote (94438)	1/23/2005 10:17:30 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"Third, from the little pilot training I have had, I sure as hell know, young guys with no previous training, are not going to be able to steer, direct a modern jet liner into a small target from hundreds a miles away after JUST a FEW hours of air training. Stepping into that cockpit is about like stepping into a space ship, I bet.. Turn that thing around after it was headed for LA and navigate it back to NY.. And after being nervous and all of taking over an airliner with knives. That TAKES some skill and COLD calculating or HELP.. Things just don't add up in my mind." That part never did add up.

To: coug who wrote (94438)	1/24/2005 7:19:08 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 108807

I remember fringe right wingers claiming the Oklahoma City bombing was a government conspiracy. This sounds like the flip side of that...

To: coug who wrote (94438)	1/24/2005 11:08:14 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Third, from the little pilot training I have had, I sure as hell know, young guys with no previous training, are not going to be able to steer, direct a modern jet liner into a small target from hundreds a miles away after JUST a FEW hours of air training Just because other people picked up on this, I looked it up. See 9-11commission.gov , look for 7.2 THE 9/11 PILOTS IN THE UNITED STATES, which concludes with: The three pilots in Florida continued with their training. Atta and Shehhi finished up at Huffman and earned their instrument certificates from the FAA in November. In mid-December 2000, they passed their commercial pilot tests and received their licenses. They then began training to fly large jets on a flight simulator. At about the same time, Jarrah began simulator training, also in Florida but at a different center. By the end of 2000, less than six months after their arrival, the three pilots on the East Coast were simulating flights on large jets.65 They had a lot more than just a few hours of training.