What policy principles to put our faith in... . with Darrell Udelhoven
The Real Political Issues are the Issues the Corporate Media Refuse to Cover
Publisher of the Series - The Real Political Issues and People Empowerment ©2001
The great need in the world today is wisdom and the best source of wisdom is Holy Scripture.Scripture speaks to the issue of using the right or righteous ways and means to achieve just ends. Just ends would be mutually beneficial to and for everyone within the global community, notwithstanding race, creed, religion or socioeconomic class.
Our great mission now should be aimed at achieving Peace, Security, Well Being and Life to and for all nations and all people everywhere.
No one wins but rather everyone loses when terrorists and countries use deadly violence, --because violence is a losing strategy that is counterproductive to our cause of peace, well being and prosperity for all peoples everywhere. Those who live by the sword, die by the sword. If your desire is peace and security, you will have to use peaceful beneficial cooperative ways and means of fairness righteousness in all policy making to achieve global peace, security, health, well being and prosperity.
We spend over 10 billion dollars a year on "Counter Terrorism," but failed to do anything to secure airliner cockpits against take over by hijackers and to also protect the airliner passengers. The cost was small and would cause no delays or passenger inconveniences, yet no measures were taken to prevent hijacking after the airliner takes off! As long as I live I will never ever understand how our U.S. 10 billion a year counter terrorism program could over look simple preemptive measures that would have made it impossible for those hijackers to accomplish any part of their mission.NO cockpit entry by terrorists, NO bombing of population centers! How could they overlook this no-brainer preemption of scenarios that were known by intelligence? Media, you should also have been questioning every aspect of airliner security in the public interest need and necessity for public safety! This was an unbelievable, unacceptable security oversight that was too obvious an opportunity to leave to chance! Later, you'll hear about all of the things that could and should have been done, not by the airlines but by our government's terror prevention strategists!
Violent g-3 maneuvers can be used by pilots to throw hijackers against the ceiling of the plane, also knockout and other disabling gases could easily be released into the passengers cabins. Stun guns, pepper spray, tear gas, --all of these non lethal methods could have been used to disable terrorist hijackers and thus protect the lives of the passengers, but non were available. Yes Intelligence was fore warned numerous times of the attacks that were to come, yet nothing was done! The question is why, why weren't these hijackings preempted?
Our Intelligence knew in July 2001 that and air attack on our capital was imminent!
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Aviation Week & Space Technology
Pilots Devise Inflight Safety 'Battle Plans'
WILLIAM B. SCOTT/COLORADO SPRINGS
AVIATION WEEK - Pilots Devise Inflight Safety 'Battle Plans' Go to their pages for complete text!Air transport pilots infuriated by what they see as
inadequate short-term government and airline safety
measures--are taking ad hoc, crew-by-crew action to protect
themselves and ensure their aircraft do not become "manned
cruise missiles" capable of destruction.Disappointed that government and airlines have not
taken strong enough measures to protect the cockpit,
some flight crews are implementing their own action plans.In addition, pilots are contacting Congress, suggesting concrete
measures that could ensure crew safety and restore passenger
confidence. Rep. Randy (Duke) Cunningham (R.-Calif.), a
decorated combat pilot, said he was planning to present a list
of such measures to a House national security committee as
soon as pilot unions reached consensus. It may include a
recommendation to place armed personnel in the cockpits of
all commercial aircraft until a stronger air marshals program
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"The situation is more dangerous now than it was before [Sept.
11]," a pilot said, noting that ceramic-blade knives can still be
smuggled past metal detectors.Crews quickly implemented their own "battle plans" --some
based on recommendations from private security
consultants--for protecting the cockpit against intruders.
Although all measures cannot be disclosed, examples of
actions being taken last week include:If a hijacking is suspected, pilots would immediately
force the aircraft's nose down, a negative-g maneuver
that could throw terrorists against the cabin's ceiling.
Commercial aircraft are certified for -1.5g but can
withstand higher levels. "If a hijacker came into my
cockpit, the first thing I'd do is go about -3g and break
his neck," Cunningham said. Such violent maneuvers
would injure any terrorist -- or passenger -- not buckled
into a seat, a consequence and risk "preferable to
letting the jet become a cruise missile," a pilot said.Making sure the cockpit door is never opened inflight,
unless from the inside.As of late last week, vigilante-type cockpit crew actions were
widespread. One pilot told Aviation Week & Space Technology
his crew had carefully worked out its own freelance "battle
plans" prior to a flight on Sept. 18, and that virtually every crew
at his airline was doing the same. He said such actions
reflected a system-wide disappointment that government and
airline leaders have not taken what crews consider strong
enough safety measures. Pilots were adamant that none of this
was union-coordinated.CREWS PLANNED TO BRIEF their flight attendants to not,
under any circumstances, open the cockpit door during
climbout following takeoff. "Now, if that door opens, we're
considering it a threat and will immediately [initiate] a
negative-g maneuver," a pilot said.After level-off at cruise altitude and prior to engaging the
autopilot, the lead flight attendant would be asked to position
a food cart across the aisle aft of the forward lavatory." We just
want to buy a few seconds so we can initiate the negative-g
maneuver," a pilot said.While disheartened by what they called "eye-wash" safety
measures enacted by the FAA and airlines, pilots applauded
some responses. One airline was performing instant FBI
background checks on every passenger after boarding was
completed. Although that could delay departures, pilots agreed
it was a necessary precaution.Still, the predominant sentiment expressed by pilots last week
was displeasure. A sampling of comments:"They should not have resumed flights until crews and
passengers were assured they would be safe." Beefing
up airport security is not the only action needed, they
believe, because ceramic-blade knives can defeat
screening methods, leaving crews vulnerable."Cost is still king," meaning that financially strapped
airlines and a government anxious to get the nation
moving again are shortchanging safety in the name of
the dollar, a pilot said. "They had to get us back in the
air and get revenue flowing again.""The same old players are going to be on that
[Special Aircraft Security Task Force], so you'll get the
same old results." They lamented that pilot union
leaders appointed to the investigative/advisory group
"aren't really pilots. Some are political types that
haven't seen a cockpit in years." Others are Boeing
and airline executives, which would ensure that cost
management, not safety and security are the top
priorities, a pilot claimed.WHILE SOME COMMENTS hinted of labor-management
bickering, there was a consistent undercurrent of real concern
for crew and passenger safety. A few pilots suggested it "may
be time to use up some of my sick leave," and others are
dead-serious about leaving the cockpit for good -- retiring or
switching careers. That, too, may be a knee-jerk reaction that
could pass quickly, but insiders said American Airlines had
about 4,000 flight attendants call in sick or resign last week.
Airline officials could not confirm that number.Early in the week, dispatchers were having a tough time finding
cabin crews willing to fly to Europe. One attendant who is
working considerable overtime, said: "I was told I can go to
London, Paris, Geneva, Madrid -- anywhere I want to. I decided
to take the South America [flight]."With passenger load factors down substantially, government
and airline leaders are scrambling to implement measures that
will reassure all players that air travel is safe and secure. One
simple measure would do that, according to Phil Brooks, an
American Airlines first officer who received an Aviation Week
Laurels award for his work in promoting airline safety: "Put
armed military guards in the cockpit of every airplane.
Do that immediately and passengers will come
back -- as soon as they feel safe. Right now, they don't."Another pilot noted that, until airlines and the U.S. government
give pilots more defensive tools than crash axes and fire
extinguishers, crews will continue to pursue their own tactics "to
meet the threat."
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