Originally Posted by Pickles
So, why only DCA? Why not every flight in the US? How about every flight leaving and entering the US?
It's called Washington DC. The seat of our nation's government and home to the President. That's the LAST place you'd want a terrorist to strike. Can you imagine what would've happened had a plane hit Capitol Hill or the White House on 9/11?
Originally Posted by eagle92
I'm not forgetting it - if that's the case then why don't they have passwords for all airports? How is this any different for a flight that is scheduled to go to IAD, but instead of landing there makes a sudden turn towards DC? I don't know about you but I don't think fighter jets can scramble that quickly.
I bet they can.
Originally Posted by Spiff
Prove it, smug one.
Is that the best you can come up with?
Any inSecurity diversion to IAD is the result of asinine, knee-jerk fools' policies designed once again to blow smoke up the collective rear of the public.
Wait... who's blowing smoke?
You don't know the full extent of the policy, you're just bashing the government assuming you do. You know what they say when you assume. I'm really glad you're not making the rules, or else I'd be mouthing off on FT about fools not protecting the vital heart of the nation pumping in DC.
It's a password between pilots and the FAA. It's not an infringement on your individual liberties.