Saturday, January 03, 2004
British Pilots Cower In Fear Of... Air Marshals
In another indication of the turmoil resulting from the increased security measures, an American official said that the cancellation of the British Airways flights was not in response to United States safety concerns, but rather was prompted by the refusal of British pilots to fly with armed marshals on board.
Fine by me. The US government's sole concern right now is protecting US airspace. This is as it should be. Sure, it's disappointing to hear that British pilots object to having armed air marshals on board. But that's their own craven pathology. I only hope they won't further embarrass themselves by spouting some anti-gun garbage.
I know this can be hard for some of our more, ah, "simple" friends to understand, but if everything went wrong that the pilots imagine, you end up with an aircraft with a few holes in the fuselage, and maybe some dead passengers. However, if everything goes wrong that's imagined by US authorities, then you end up with a crashed plane, a destroyed landmark, and thousands of people dead. Maybe those pilots should look up "no-brainer" at Dictionary.com.
Here, I'll help: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=no-brainer
In another indication of the turmoil resulting from the increased security measures, an American official said that the cancellation of the British Airways flights was not in response to United States safety concerns, but rather was prompted by the refusal of British pilots to fly with armed marshals on board.
Fine by me. The US government's sole concern right now is protecting US airspace. This is as it should be. Sure, it's disappointing to hear that British pilots object to having armed air marshals on board. But that's their own craven pathology. I only hope they won't further embarrass themselves by spouting some anti-gun garbage.
I know this can be hard for some of our more, ah, "simple" friends to understand, but if everything went wrong that the pilots imagine, you end up with an aircraft with a few holes in the fuselage, and maybe some dead passengers. However, if everything goes wrong that's imagined by US authorities, then you end up with a crashed plane, a destroyed landmark, and thousands of people dead. Maybe those pilots should look up "no-brainer" at Dictionary.com.
Here, I'll help: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=no-brainer
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