No, Pat, that's just not right. I can completely rest secure in the knowledge that if the pilots had been armed, trained, and mentally prepared --- 9/11 as we know it would not have happened. Complacency and PC took over the airlines, government, and society many years ago and let a little known law expire that authorized pilots to carry sidearms. (Think: protecting the mail) ... but armed pilots was the last thing a risk-adverse industry and government oversight wanted ...
I can't go into detail, obviously, but I think it safe to say that airline managements and "consultants" decided a decade or so ago that "go along-get along" with hijackers was the best policy. Completely the wrong approach. That's the approach of the weak and timid -- the victim, if you will. The criminal mind does not lend itself to soft, liberal, urban "consultants" and this horrific event was just a matter of time in coming. There have been many other examples of people crashing airplanes to psychotic purpose prior to 9/11. 9/11 was just the most dramatic .... good discussion, however. People need to know these things.