Someone that “thinks” they know something when they don’t. There was no regulation about keeping the cockpit door locked. The doors were to be kept closed and only opened from the inside.

I noticed you still didn’t give us any examples of “useless” regulations. Instead you gave us a supposed regulation that wasn’t enforced. You wanted a regulation.

“The FAA adopted the armed pilot rule shortly after the Cuban missile crisis of 1961 to help prevent hijackings of American airliners. It remained in effect for four decades.

But in July 2001 – just two months prior to the Sept. 11 attacks – the rule was rescinded.”

We keep telling you, but you keep plugging your fingers in your ears.

How many times have we got to say it?

ALL OF THEM!!! Until you can find an unbiased group of people with nothing to gain personally from the regulations, you will never have a reasonable regulation.

Until it came out that this plant too was contaminated with E. Coli

You are worse than Fox News, twisting what was said to suit your own agenda. Try explaining the whole thing next time.

’nuff said on the cockpit door thing. If the airline industry wasn’t so bogged down in regulation, it wouldn’t require subsidizing by the federal government. Perhaps you can explain where all the vacuum pump manufacturers went that used to service the aviation industry?

Note — I don’t fly commercially, but I am a pilot. I am familiar with the regs as well.

Well, it is certainly heart-warming that they go to all that trouble to make it appear that diverse interests are being accommodated.

“It might be an annoyance to you, but there is good reason for every regulation I must follow as a commercial pilot.”

No doubt. I seem to recall that there was a regulation about keeping the cock-pit door locked that was on the books on 9/11. You would think that not following that rule would have lead to massive liability for the airlines. Somehow it did not.

Now, on the other hand, if the feds had honored the second amendment, 9/11 would not have been possible.

“How many times do we have to say this, and yet how many times do the libertarians say “get rid of all regulation!””

We’re going to keep saying it until you finally get it. But do be fair. There is a difference between law – as it would exist in a free and just society – and regulation such as you support. Also, you must admit that we explain – oh, so patiently explain – why regulation is a bad thing.

Why can’t Libertarians ever be specific about WHAT regulations they want removed? I’m patient, please tell us. Then tell us why those regulations must be removed.

A few months ago there was a Georgia peanut plant shut down for operating even though the management knew they had an E. Coli contamination. On this very blog Liberty Loser heralded the fact that the same company also owned an unregistered and uninspected plant in Texas. Until it came out that this plant too was contaminated with E. Coli

As for Only airlines know enough to write regulations for airlines., you couldn’t be more wrong.

All FAA regulations are written after input from ALL sectors involved. That includes Airports, Airlines, Pilots, consumer groups, cities, National Transportation Safety Board, the military, and manufacturers. After the proposed regulations are written, they are circulated for discussion and feedback. Only after review are they published as a regulation. Even the Airlines recognize an accident is not good for the bottom line.

I understand the FCC follows the same, if less intense, procedure.

It might be an annoyance to you, but there is good reason for every regulation I must follow as a commercial pilot. Yes, some may seem silly or redundant but an analysis shows they are required. Simply put, I can’t pull off to the side of the sky and call a tow-plane.

Why would you sacrifice others to save your wife?

“This was particularly incoherent. No, we haven’t worked out a solution, we guess blindly. Because we aren’t medical experts. Which is why we need regulation, medical experts working for “we the people”, making sure any doctor who offers heart bypass surgery is competent.”

OK, fine. But let’s take your argument to its logical conclusion. Only doctors know enough to write regulations for doctors. Only bankers know enough to write regulations for bankers. Only airlines know enough to write regulations for airlines. And of course, this is how it is done in the real world. You end up with regulations that say that passengers MUST OBEY airline employees. That’s a smoking deal! Maybe clue-givers could get regulated…

The end result is that the effect of the regulation (and indeed the the whole point of the regulation) is to shield the fat-cats from competition. That is how they remain fat-cats long after they stop honestly serving the public. That is what they want. That is what you are defending.

“How many times do we have to say this, and yet how many times do the libertarians say “get rid of all regulation!””

We’re going to keep saying it until you finally get it. But do be fair. There is a difference between law – as it would exist in a free and just society – and regulation such as you support. Also, you must admit that we explain – oh, so patiently explain – why regulation is a bad thing.

“Some people never learn…”

True. But I haven’t given up on you yet.

I’ve been out of town with limited internet.

Which means your mother shut down your internet.

However, seeing your typical “pile more regulation on top of existing useless regulation” arguments, I see I haven’t missed much.

And what useless regulations would you like to remove? Oh, you can’t single out any, you can just make blanket statements. Riiiight.

My solution is to fix the regulatory agencies.

Who are you going to hire to fix it?

Health cannot be treated as a commodity.

The scarcity of healthcare could easily be alleviated by redirecting funds from the military which was my original point.

How so? That will only drive prices up, not make it more available. Anytime anything is subsidized, the prices go up. It may not be not indicated on the price tag, but you are paying more for it somehow, either through more taxes, fees, or lack of access.

This is something most people don’t understand — if something can be had for more money, the price is going up to that point, whether through supply and demand or subsidization. It won’t go down.

You’ve proven nothing except your own ignorance.

I’ve been out of town with limited internet.

However, seeing your typical “pile more regulation on top of existing useless regulation” arguments, I see I haven’t missed much.

Besides, once you’ve been proven wrong, you always claim boredom and run off.

This was particularly incoherent. No, we haven’t worked out a solution, we guess blindly. Because we aren’t medical experts. Which is why we need regulation, medical experts working for “we the people”, making sure any doctor who offers heart bypass surgery is competent.

Sheesh, Somebody is sounding a lot like the liberty lover in hiding…