6/17/2004 07:54:54 AM|||Nathan Moore|||

I lost a lot of confidence in the FAA re 9/11 today, listening to the testimony before the 9/11 Commission. Things have changed, as in there is definitely protocol for decision-making if a similar situation ever arises.

The "analysis paralysis" MO of the FAA in Washington on 9/11 was alarming. When asked whether fighters should be scrambled to intercept UA93, the individual in Washington stammered, hemmed and hawed, which is most alarming with reports there was a bomb on board UA93 and there had already been three attacks by this point. Fortunately, fighters were already in the air after the attack on the Pentagon, so there would have been opportunity to defend the capital if need be. Though the standing order was not to shoot, this order could have been changed in seconds.

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