It isn't the pilots who thought they could "get away with it." I was unclear. A suicide bomber or hijacker wants to 'get away with it' by taking out his target. But the one who sends him, briefs him, recruits him, trains him...that guy does it because he thinks he can pull it off and still get laid the next Saturday. If any of these yahoos had the clear and unshakeable impression that one peep of terrorist blather from them and their whole cell would wake up in Allah's arms with no coup counted, they would back off and plan something else. There'd be no gain for the cost, even in their wacky method of accounting.

Regards,

A.