Cockpit Doors

The 9/11 hearings have concentrated on intelligence lapses during the Clinton and second Bush administrations. However, everyone seems to have forgotten that the simple anti-hijacking remedy suggested more than 20 years ago could have prevented 9/11: the installation of armored, secure cockpit-access doors. This was suggested after the Mideast hijackings in the ‘70s; each administration sat on its hands, kowtowing to the inertia of the Federal Aviation Administration and pressure from the airlines. Let’s spread the blame out where it belongs.

Martin Mach

Venice