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...House bill, passed earlier this month, provides for enhanced security on the ground and in the air, with provisions for new air marshals, more secure cockpit doors and a new influx of privately-hired, federally supervised airport security employees. The Senate version provides all those things - but would make security workers federal employees, not private employees supervised by federal workers...
...overweight, its center of gravity too far toward the back. Not a major problem on typical jetliners, it is critical to the Concorde because its design and power make it particularly vulnerable on takeoff. If the sensitive balance was off, British Air pilots would call the mechanic to the cockpit for severe reprimands. The weight distribution had to be correct; otherwise even the wind could pose a danger. In Paris on July 25, 2000, the wind had shifted to come from behind the aircraft: a basic rule for all pilots is that planes should take off into the wind...
...what about accuracy? In the transparent, real-time information environment of new wars, trust is a commodity to be won, not assumed as of right. Officials want cockpit videos of bomb strikes to confirm immediate achievements. But post-conflict analysis typically shows that barely one-third of videoed explosions caused the purported damage. In Kosovo, Britain?s Chief of Defence Staff reported "significant" damage to Yugoslav tanks from nato bombing. After the fighting, most destroyed "tanks" were found to be crude wooden fakes. NATO officials later conceded that many war claims had been knowingly exaggerated to impress public opinion...
While we are disappointed that the bill passed by the House does not provide a strong federal role in airport security, we are glad that the basic security provisions outlined in the Senate plan have passed unchanged, such as requiring mandatory screening of checked luggage and providing for reinforced cockpit doors. Other reforms made in the bill are less necessary, such as allowing armed air marshals on flights and permitting pilots to carry guns under certain conditions. But at this point, Congress should focus on preparing an effective airport security bill for the president’s signature as soon...
...Beyond a push to federalize airport workers, the Senate measure would also provide funding for federal marshals on commercial flights and mandate more secure cockpit doors. Approving that combination of security guidelines, Senators say, is a critical move towards accountability, and, in turn, regaining the trust of a jittery flying public. Currently safety workers are hired by private firms and, critics say, are held to less than exacting standards...