Dividing The List Considered Harmful [Was: Re: Subject Lines on the Mailing list: [WAS: Looking for a NH mail list talking about Linux]]

Ben Scott dragonhawk at gmail.com
Tue Mar 27 22:40:41 EDT 2007


  During and immediately after the Sept 11 attacks, the US Air Traffic
Control system was faced with an unprecedented challenge: Respond to a
concerted effort to use passenger airliners as flying bombs, while at
the same time grounding all civilian air traffic.  This had never been
done before.  There were no procedures for it.  Most everything had to
be made up on the spot.

  Afterwards, the FAA conducted a review.  They considered creating
formal procedures for such an event in the future.  They decided not
to.  They concluded any such situation would be too complicated for
formal rules, and that they were better off trusting their people to
make the right decisions.

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