As much as I might want to be sympathetic to this claim (I fly a lot and am wary of the "security theater" at American airports), it ought not to be very convincing as a logical proposition.

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But if you want to know more, here is how I generally decide what airline to fly or recommend, if there is a choice.

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"I wouldn't want to see a pilot turning up to fly a plane in shorts and flip-flops, and patients don't want to see a doctor dressed in the kind of thing he or she might wear down to the pub, " says Professor Colin Brown, a retired renal consultant from Sheffield.

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So, again, I just want to stress that the military options that we talk about are not limited to a no-fly zone, but include a no-fly zone as an option.

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