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...little guys skipped the interim solutions favored by majors like United and American, such as rigging a horizontal bar across the cockpit door, chiefly because they could: the big carriers have hundreds of planes to retrofit, and that takes time and money. Frontier, which has both Boeing and Airbus aircraft in its 31-plane fleet, decided that the bars weren't up to the job. "[That bar] is simply a feel-good measure," says one pilot from a major carrier. Frontier's engineers were unable to find any acceptable hardened cockpit doors quickly and eventually built their own from scratch...
...Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld says the strikes were meant to destroy the Taliban's air defenses and their military aircraft, and he described them as "very successful." "Our objective," said Rumsfeld, "is to defeat those who use terrorism and those who house and support them...
...attacks on these targets, which included early warning radars, surface-to-air missile sites, airfields, aircraft, military command-and-control installations and terrorists camps, were meant to disrupt air defenses for further military strikes and air drops of humanitarian aide, according to Pentagon officials...
While George W. Bush seems to be doing everything he can to get Americans back in the air, European governments gave their airlines at least one piece of good news last week - offering third-party liability insurance for aircraft after private insurance companies yanked their coverage. Without state intervention, many carriers would have been grounded. Now the debate has shifted to the question of state aid to airlines that have been pushed to the brink of insolvency by the disruptions in service. "I?m sure four or five airlines are close to being bankrupt and require state aid," said Andy...
...Europe?s largest low-fare airline and one that does not fly the Atlantic. After the attacks, Ryanair put a million seats on sale for just $14 each. CEO Michael O?Leary scoffs at other airlines for cutting back operations and says they should slash fares to fill their aircraft. "The important thing is to keep people flying," he says. Analysts have been forecasting around $130 million in profit this year, and O?Leary sees "no reason why we won?t hit that figure." The outspoken chief has taken out newspaper ads railing against government bailouts for his competitors...