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Originally posted by Ryanamur:
Blam, bullet keeps going and bust window. Big Blam as a section about 5x5 feet of the airplane explodes because of a rapid decompression and structural failure (let's face it, American inspections standards for structural inspections are amongst the lowests in the Civilized World.
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Too tired to respond to all of this, but I will try to later today(after sleep.
) Just wanted to give an FYI. I was listening to a rep from the pilots union talking about the weapons that they are planning on having the pilots using(I agree with you about the pilots BTW. Their job is to fly the plane, not be a cop. That would be the Marshalls job.). DragonMage, they are talking something light calibre, like a .38 or, possibly a 9mm. They are planning to load them with GLASERs. For those that dont know, those are bullets designed to do soft tissue damage, and lots of it. They are used by hostage rescue teams. The bullets will not overpenetrate a body, i.e. if a terrorist is shot in a crowd, the bullet will not pass through him and hit an innocent. Also, they can be stopped by just about any relatively hard surface, such as the wall of the plane, or even an inch of plexiglass(the windows).
Also, and I'm not real sure about this one either, they are thinking about letting crewmembers have non-lethal weapons...stun guns, mace, etc.
Plus, the FAA is instituting new training standards for all existing airport employees and is thinking about Federalizing the whole kit and caboodle. Not a bad idea, considering Airports and their airspace are already Federal property. I just hope they dont keep the military on guard. I really, REALLY dont want to see armed military personnel at my local airport. Visions of Police States beging to flood my little conspiracy theory laden brain.
Will respond to the rest of this later. Sorry. Cant think. Nite!!
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