[thechat] Airlines

[Bob Davis]

At 4:17 PM -0700 9/13/01, you wrote:


>not on small planes... like the Horizon puddle jumpers I have to 
>take to get to Arcata... curtains separate the passengers from the 
>cockpit.

Well, that's true.

I like the little planes.


>In fact, several months back, a crazy guy busted in the cockpit on a 
>Horizon flight and tried to grab the controls.  The pilots and 
>passengers had to fight him off and restrain him.

Woah..that's too crazy.


>Maybe they lock the doors on larger flights.  It may be the pilots 
>were lured out (by the attacks on flight attendants) rather than 
>forced out.

Well, you know what they say about locks, right?

They keep honest people out.

Given enough motivation, you can get through most doors. It's not 
like these guys were worried about maybe getting hurt, you know.

bob

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