Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Steve Israel: Feds Should Consider Missile-Protection Systems For...

[hrmjustin]

Sen. Charles Schumer, Rep. Steve Israel: Feds Should Consider Missile-Protection Systems For Commercial Planes

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Steve Israel are urging federal authorities to study whether U.S. passenger jets should be equipped with devices that would protect them against missiles like those that recently shot down a Malaysian Airlines flight over Ukraine and projectiles fired near Tel Aviv airport in Israel.

Schumer, D-N.Y., and Israel, D-Huntington, held a news conference Sunday calling for a comprehensive interagency study by the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration.

Schumer noted a federal study on the technology was done in 2004, but no action was taken.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/07/27/sen-charles-schumer-suggests-airline-safety-devices/

[Scuba]

1. Be afraid, be very afraid.

Be cheaper to feed everyone.

[hrmjustin]

3. They make money if we are afraid.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

2. Wait, you mean impose even more very expensive to meet regulations upon private air firms?

Yeah, that'll really draw bipartisan support... You might as well stick 'job killing' into the name of the legislation now...

How about you just don't fly over active war zones?

[hrmjustin]

4. That would be too simple.