<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ebell:
2. You have 3-5 more minutes if a plane is diverted from IAD or BWI, and every minute counts. I'm still not sure what those 3-5 minutes would buy, in all honesty.</font>
Interesting article though ebell continues to put it best I think.
The extra 5 minutes "available" compared to IAD or BWI assumes that a) we know the plane has been taken over immediately, b) that the information can be relayed to the proper authorities, and c) that it can be acted upon instantly.
Not sure I look forward to the day when the US government is ready and willing to shoot down a commercial aircraft on a couple of minutes' notice and with a decision time that could be in the dozens of seconds.
For now I will hold on to my tickets with 4 DCA segments in November... but BWI I hear you calling my name...
