Pros And Cons Of Arming Pilots
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Arming pilots could have saved thousands of lives in our nation's history. After much research there are many pros and cons of this debate. Armed pilots would have more responsibilities by the fact of just carrying a gun, but people never know what could go wrong. 2,977 lives were lost on 9/11. Had the pilots been armed the loss of innocent lives may have been prevented. The events of 9/11 and other situations like 9/11, have caused much debate whether or not pilots should be armed. That incident in itself has caused some airlines to hire armed air marshals. On September 11, 2001 four planes were hijacked. Two of the planes were flown into the world trade center. A third plane hit the pentagon just outside of Washington, D.C. The fourth plane crashed in Pennsylvania.The planes were hijacked by an islamic extremist group called Al-Qaeda. More than 400 police officers and firefighters died during this massive tragedy. Some people believe this could have been …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Opines that arming pilots could have saved thousands of lives in our nation's history, but there are pros and cons of this debate.
- Explains that the events of 9/11 and other situations like 9/11, have caused much debate whether or not pilots should be armed.
- Explains that on september 11, 2001 four planes were hijacked by an islamic extremist group called al-qaeda. more than 400 police officers and firefighters died during this massive tragedy.
- Opines that training pilots to use guns would be relatively easy because it's in a small space they know really well.
- Explains the down side of pilots being armed is a pilot could mistakenly discharge the weapon and kill an innocent passenger.
- Explains that pilots were in need of guns but lost their lives because they couldn't protect the passengers or take out the hijackers. in may of this year, the co-pilot locked the pilot out of the cockpit and crashed the plane.
- Opines that armed pilots may not be the only way to prevent these horrible tragedies from happening in schools.
- Explains that hijacking of airplanes has been an issue in our country for many years. flight 1320 traveling from newark to boston was hijacked by john j. divivo.
- Explains how the ffa created an anti-hijacking task force to stop these diversions to cuba. the fbi began to use violence to bring the problem under control.
- Opines that the extra security of knowing that a pilot is armed and able to protect not only himself but his crew and passengers would help deter hijackers and terrorists.
- Opines that the events of september 11 have left devastating and long lasting effects that many people may realize.
- Explains that international tourism to america fell for 3 years after 2001, and deportations rose 104 percent from 2001 to 2010. anti-islamic violence rose in america after september 11.
- Opines that arming pilots would give us more hope of safe travels.
Most of these cases were hijackers wanting to get to Cuba. In 1969 the FFA created a anti-hijacking task force to stop these diversions to Cuba. Concerned citizens flooded them with letters with recommendations of ways to deter the hijackers. Some were installing trap doors outside of the cockpit and Arming stewardesses with tranquilizer darts. As hijackers got more and more daring The FBI began to use violence to bring the problem under control. Snipers were positioned around the airplanes and agents dressed as relief pilots were armed on board. At this point in time airport security was minimal. Less than 1 percent of passengers were screened with a metal detector. The ticket agents were the only people to decide who got searched. They began to screen all passengers on January 5th 1973. Most travelers didn't seem to mind. while these steps have obviously deterred some hijackings, what more would arming pilots
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