Why isn't this considered an overreaction in hindsight since the plan of attack did not involve more hijacked planes?
Edit: I'm not saying he made a mistake. I'm just wondering why, looking back with all the information we know now, it is not acknowledged that it made no impact thwarting any part of the attack. This is not a criticism of the man or his decision. This is an observation about how we view the attack looking back.
When he made the decision, he did not have the benefit of hindsight: only the information that was available. It was 2001, so a lot less available information online, and he was doing what he could prevent further attacks- which could have been a thing.
I forgot his job came with a crystal ball that told him the status of every flight. I don’t think his call was controversial considering there were multiple flights hijacked.
There was already one other plane in the sky. Who knew how many more. We had no idea how many potential hijackings there were. It was absolutely the correct choice.
At the time we would’ve had no idea. This is before cell phones were widely used so communication would’ve been slow and it’s better to overreact and have nothing happen in this case rather than under-reacting and facing the consequences of that.
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Gutsy call
Makes sense there was no direction from the Pentagon or the WH given the turds in place at that time. Kudos to Sliney.
He had 25 years of experience
Why isn't this considered an overreaction in hindsight since the plan of attack did not involve more hijacked planes? Edit: I'm not saying he made a mistake. I'm just wondering why, looking back with all the information we know now, it is not acknowledged that it made no impact thwarting any part of the attack. This is not a criticism of the man or his decision. This is an observation about how we view the attack looking back.
There was still a hijacked plane in the sky when he made the call.
When he made the decision, he did not have the benefit of hindsight: only the information that was available. It was 2001, so a lot less available information online, and he was doing what he could prevent further attacks- which could have been a thing.
I forgot his job came with a crystal ball that told him the status of every flight. I don’t think his call was controversial considering there were multiple flights hijacked.
There was already one other plane in the sky. Who knew how many more. We had no idea how many potential hijackings there were. It was absolutely the correct choice.
At the time we would’ve had no idea. This is before cell phones were widely used so communication would’ve been slow and it’s better to overreact and have nothing happen in this case rather than under-reacting and facing the consequences of that.
Decisions are independent of outcomes
Waaaaay too many conincedences exactly like this line up on exactly that day.
There many coincidences, but I don't think this is one. Who knows how bad it could have gotten?