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...just over a month since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and new and drastic measures have been proposed to strengthen America’s airline security. Beyond increased oversight at airport metal detectors and reinforced cockpit doors, some industry leaders and lawmakers have, irresponsibly, proposed arming pilots as a deterrent against terrorism. Testifying before a congressional subcommittee, Duane Woerth, the president of the Air Line Pilots Association, America’s largest pilot union, advocated a plan to do just that—to equip pilots with firearms...
...with invitations to Washington than with how long General Musharraf will be around to accept one: "A number of difficult decisions were forced on him in the last few days. Any of these could easily go wrong and in the process not only destabilize his government but also have drastic consequences for the country and the region?There is little doubt that had he not responded to the American demand for cooperation in the manner that he did, the consequences for Pakistan could have been far worse than the specter of angry mullahs hitting the streets and burning his effigy...
...Stevens knew something drastic had to be done. His company's health-insurance costs were soaring, up about 15% a year. At the same time, his employees were becoming increasingly frustrated by the lack of alternatives to the restrictive managed-care coverage he was buying...
...Some airline industry veterans think it is exactly time for that drastic action. Government officials are apparently looking at trimming the heavy loads that most people lug with them on board, including those bulky suitcases-on-wheels known as 'wheelies.' Given the long lines that have sprouted at screening points at many major airports since the airlines were let back into the air on Sept. 13, government officials are considering rigorously imposing a new rule that is essentially one 'real' carry on and one 'personal' bag such as a women's purse. Officials want to lessen the burden on screeners...
Insurers, which are probably facing a bill of more than $30 billion for the costliest disaster ever, won't need such drastic measures to survive. That doesn't mean, though, that they are not hurting. Warren Buffett's General Re reinsurance outfit stands to lose about $2 billion, and European giants Munich Re, Swiss Re and AXA aren't far behind. Direct underwriters such as AIG, Chubb, Travelers and Hartford could lose hundreds of millions of dollars each. Many underwriters have jacked up the premiums for airlines and are sure to slash the level of coverage available for damage...