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To: Lane3 who wrote (166453)	5/15/2006 12:12:34 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 794399

Re: Well, of course. Anything else is unthinkable. Well, maybe not, since you apparently thought it or you wouldn't have suggested the possibility. I sure wouldn't think it. My thinking was, when I read your comments, that most likely the passengers had to decide pretty quickly...there wasn't time for lots of meetings, and tossing ideas back and forth, and eventually arriving at a consensus. There weren't too many air miles between where they were in PA and DC, and not many minutes either. My thinking was that given that situation, the whole thing must have been totally unthinkable to the passengers...and by the time it really sunk in what was happening, and going to happen, most of them had decided there was no choice but to try to act to prevent the unthinkable.... You had said this, and my thoughts were as above... When passengers take action they may improve the situation or they may worsen it. If they take down a plane that wouldn't have gone down otherwise, they kill themselves and their fellows. If they take down an already doomed plane, they may wipe out an urban area below and compound the disaster. Or they may interfere with some plan the air marshal and/or crew are already working that could have saved the plane. Anytime people take it upon themselves to override authority, there is risk. Too much arrogance or fear or testosterone aren't good things. First, do no harm. First, think. I'm not suggesting that we never act independently, only that circumspection is a virtue. While authority isn't always right, there are probabilities in its favor.