IMO, having armed pilots/agents on board LY flights is NOT the reason for no hijacking's, but rather their security checks before you get anywhere near the aircraft. What's the checkin time now? 3-4 hours before departure? Stop the "loonies" BEFORE they get on board - that's the way it should be. As for the R.U.C. being armed - thats true, as far back as I can remember. So what? The fact that they are armed sure has not done much to improve the situation in Northern Ireland! Then again, what's that got to do with guns in the cockpit" Cops just about everywhere these days are armed - not so with pilot's on civilian aircraft. That "gunslinger" school for pilots in Georgia hasnt produced too many qualified "armed pilots", yet, as far as I know. I just wonder how that first class is making out? Imagine....have a good trip honey - dont forget to pack clean underwear, your gun AND your ammo. clip! Those folks who fly SFO-HNL can get really crazy - they just might try to storm the cockpit and divert the flight to OGG.... Liam. YVR. > El Al may not have many flights but, except for the armed pilots and armed > agents aboard, every single flight operated by El Al would be a target > because the Arabs surrounding Israel cannot stand to have them there. > David R > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > http://home.attbi.com/~damiross/books.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> > To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 21:08 > Subject: Re: [AIRLINE] U.S. Nears Decision On Guns in Cockpit > > > > I did not say all cops in England, I said beat cops. El Al has not had > any > > hijackings because they don't fly as many flights as others and because > > terrorists know that the secret police will storm a plane and kill every > passenger if > > they have to to keep is from being hijacked. It is sort of like with Air > > France a few years ago, a hijacker wont touch them because they will lose > every > > time. Considering the number of hijackings that actually do happen, and > the > > fact that the PAX strategy is not to just sit there anymore, hijackings > are not > > going to do much of anything anymore. You should see "Bowling for > Columbine" > >