A pilot can prevent a hijacking just as well with an Ax, which they have for fires. Remember the co-pilot wacking the guy with the Extinguisher?? As far as I am concerned, NO ONE should be strip searched. If I were told I had to be strip searched once, I would never fly again until the person who ordered it was incarcerated and fined for violating the Constitution and assulting me. I am just as much an American as ayone else, so is Baha and so are the MILLIONS of other Middle Eastern-Americans. And the Constitution does not just apply to citizens, it applies to ANYONNE on US soil. Those people who attacked the US are dead, so they can't be searched anymore Damian, and the rest of us who work hard to be happy and help our fellow human (as opposed to holding them into a position of subserviance) don't deserve to be deficated upon by institutionalized racism Alireza A fan of pilots flying planes, police being there to protect and not threaten safety, and keeping his clothes on in front of anyone he is not making love to.