June 25, 2004
Submission
This. Is. Unbelievable.
Flight attendants on commercial airlines are still being trained to cooperate with hijackers and be victims rather than fight back, despite the attcks of September 11.
"Their wrists were bound, their throats slashed," Patricia Friend, president of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), told the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee yesterday.
The September 11 panel revealed that hijackers "beat the last line of defense on the four flights, because the professionals had been trained to cooperate with hijackers, not fight them," Miss Friend said.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at June 25, 2004 08:24 AM"Their wrists were bound, their throats slashed," Patricia Friend, president of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), told the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee yesterday.
The September 11 panel revealed that hijackers "beat the last line of defense on the four flights, because the professionals had been trained to cooperate with hijackers, not fight them," Miss Friend said.
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