On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 06:47:17 -0700, Mark Hickey
wrote:

Roger Halstead wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:18:54 GMT, "Cy Galley"
wrote:

Maybe, just maybe they will treat them like any one else trying the
same stunt. They had potential weapons and could easily be
infiltrators into the stations.

They should be held with no bail on federal charges, and taken to
court. Let the network defend them and if necessary pay the fines and
let the bosses serve the time as accomplices for planning the jobs.

I agree with the "throw the book at them". They certainly would were
it some student or individual trying to show a weakness in the system.
Besides any terrorist could claim they were just trying to expose any
weaknesses.

Not to mention that dragging them kicking and screaming through the
system would accomplish two important things.

One, it would probably be picked up by OTHER networks, thereby
promoting the reality that the GA industry is watching out for itself,
and two, it would annoy NBC.

And three it would send a very important message to potential
hijackers of GA aircraft.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Mark Hickey