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...Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to catch a plane to Boston's Logan Airport, where several terrorists had begun their deadly missions on Sept. 11. His jet-setting career had turned grim, as evidenced by his colleagues' new insignias. Some were wearing badges with the names of all the cockpit and cabin crew who perished. Others had black bands placed over their wings. "We still do have people who are fearful and have taken time off. It's time to come back. They might even feel better being back. The rest of us are upset, but we don't want this...
...work among his closest aides, Bush instructed a military operator to place a call from Air Force One to the last American who had had to grapple with the decision of whether and how to go to war. When his father came on the line, Bush cleared the cabin so they could confer privately...
...suicidal behavior of the hijackers in the air will mandate a total revision of emergency procedures in the cabin. In the past, the idea was to try to keep hijackers calm and get the plane on the ground so negotiations could commence. Although airline staff members get annual training in handling hijackers, a kamikaze mission was not in any scenario. In the past, "if someone outside the cockpit was threatening to chop someone's head off, nine times out of 10, you'd open the door," says a Cathay Pacific pilot based in Hong Kong...
...Line Pilots Association recommended new measures to deal with any terrorist threat--depressurizing the aircraft or making drastic maneuvers to keep hijackers off balance; protecting the cockpit at all costs, regardless of what is happening in the rest of the plane; installing a dead bolt on the otherwise flimsy cabin door and eventually developing an impenetrable, high-tech portal that can still open in the event of an accident; and using an emergency crash ax if necessary as a "potential defensive weapon...
...Israeli national airline, El Al, which has long faced the danger of hijacking. Although the airline resists talking about its security measures, it is known to conduct intense questioning and background checks of passengers before they board an aircraft. The pilots are sealed from the rest of the cabin, and armed air marshals are present on every flight...