[IP] more on Logan ... frequent fliers
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From: Jordan Pollack <pollack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 30, 2005 3:15:45 PM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Logan ... frequent fliers
The really ironic part of all this is that 9/11 instantaneously
changed the psychology of the "Hijackee." Instead of a passive "hope-
to-land-in-Havana"
mentality, many people have an active "rip-hijackers-to-shreds-using-
fingernails" stance.
There have been nearly zero hijackings since, so all the added hassle
and shoe and nailclipper removal may be a very expensive placebo.
We could almost take down the metal detectors at this point in
history and rely on passengers to secure their own planes.
Jordan
Here is last 30 years of hijacking fatalities worldwide from http://
aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?Event=SEH
1975 : 2
1976 : 15
1977 : 114
1978 : 3
1979 : 1
1980 : 1
1981 : 6
1982 : 1
1983 : 12
1984 : 7
1985 : 65
1986 : 80
1987 : 2
1988 : 13
1989 : 1
1990 : 86
1991 : 6
1992 : 4
1993 : 4
1994 : 8
1995 : 0
1996 : 125
1997 : 1
1998 : 1
1999 : 3
2000 : 5
2001 : 268
2002 : 2
2003 : 0
2004 : 0
2005 : 0
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