If they'd blown up the planes on September 11th we'd be mourning the terrible deaths of 200 people or so instead of 6000 plus.

I suppose sealed-off compartments would mean that, if something happened to disable the flight crew, the geek in tourist class who knows how to fly wouldn't be abe to go up front and heroically save everyone. And if the captain has a heart attack, there won't be a chance for a doctor from among the passengers to come to the rescue. And you won't have the scenario where the pilot nonchalently strolls down the pkane so as not to worry bthe passengers, and has a look at what has gone wrong in teh tail section.

But I doubt if these things happen too often in real life.

But I'd still sooner go by airship, if there isn't a way you can get there by train.