I would be more worried that, in a crowded airplane, the wrong person (such as
me) might get hit. That would seem to me to be the real risk of a firearm on
board.
Jim Couch
Gary Edwards wrote:
> There is a persistant feeling among the non-technical that a single hole in
> the hull of a pressurized airliner is catastrophic. Not so; they are
> designed to tolerate a great deal of damage and steps were taken in the
> design to prevent unchecked crack growth - so they do not rupture like a
> balloon pricked by a pin. And the pressurization system can keep upwith a
> significant leak long enough for a rapid but not emergency descent. Control
> runs are redundant as well. A few bullet holes worry me a lot less than an
> unchecked terrorist bent on collecting his promised ration of virgins.
>
> I miss carrying my Leatherman, too. I used it to repair a non-reclining
> business class seat over the Atlantic once. And I didn't charge Delta.
>
> Gary Edwards
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