It seems fairly clear that the responsibility for safety shouldn't be left to airlines trying to cut costs, for example by paying people so little they don't have difficulty recruiting. Or politicians trying to cut costs to enable tax reductions for that matter. Whoever makes these arrangements needs to be able to do what needs to be done without any regard for cost whatsoever.

But I hope they aren't focusing all their attention on airline safety, because I think it's fairly safe to assume that the next attacks will be from some completely different direction.

The idea of having brainstorming with the kind of people who make up disaster fiction makes a lot of sense. I'd hesitate to suggest that people suggest scenarios here though - imagine how you'd feel if you suggested something on the net, and then it happened. Perhaps there should be some kind of electronic suggestions box where we could post those kind of things. With some kind of guarantee of total anonymity. Otherwise you'd be terrified that the powers that be might come down on you if you hit unlucky.