Originally Posted by AINITFUNNY

I am old enough to know how this government works, and that take some years of observance.

TWENTY YEARS FROM NOW The public will probably finally find out that the Feds probably secretly installed REMOTELY controlled "self destruct" mechanisms on all the airliners after 911, in the eventuality that one might "have to be taken down" remotely BY THEM in the event of a perceived threat to national security. The F-16's are just for show, I'm sure. They likely would take an airliner out remotely if they thought they needed to and either falsely "admit" to "shooting it down" and try to justify "shooting it down" or claim "a terrorist bomb took it down". ANYTHING except admitting and revealing that they had the ability to take ANY airliner out with a remotely sent signal.

I'm guessing it will probably take our enemies discovering and finding out how to trigger an airliner's self-destruct mechanism for the Feds to finally remove them from airliners.

Your automobile now has the mechanism for the "authorities" to remotely shut it down without having the need to engage in a "pursuit". It amazes me that they have not whole heartedly and universally invoked and exercised that power. They probably enjoy the thrill of the chase.