• vrek@programming.dev
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      2 days ago

      They weren’t pilots… Killing people is wrong regardless of religion or profession but you should know the people who did 9/11 were passengers who basically broke into the cockpit and took it over.

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        They were taking pilot lessons to learn how to maximize the damage. The flight instructors raised concerns but nothing was done and the FAA gave them a commercial pilot certificate.

        • iloveDigit@sh.itjust.works
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          Sure, in the prime timeline. But in the pocket universe alternate timeline where time travelers went and executed the perpetrators, I’d say the instructors’ concerns were addressed