beachnut,
In the main, your post is too emotional for me to respond to. Plus, I was responding to AW who, I assume, will post up a further reply concerning the substance of the value of the cell phone evidence, its weaknesses, contradictions and the evidence of deception associated with it.
That said, there a few elements of your post that I can engage with you on, namely, the ones that are not emotionally driven.
I, therefore, respond as follows, as best I can to certain parts of your last post, in the hope of advancing the substance of the thread:
What kind of planes are you licensed to fly? Are you a commercial pilot? If so, are you as nonplussed as Capt. Sullenberger is about what is happening to pilots' pay?
As we know, Sully, the veteran pilot who pulled off the ditching safely has told Congress his pay has been cut by a whopping 40%. What is happening to your profession, beachnut, if you are a commercial pilot?
Also, if you are a puddle jumper pilot (no disrespect intended, puddle jumper is a nickname for small, single engine planes, right?), do you think you could get behind the wheel of a Boeing 767-57 and fly it at maximum speed at 1000ft above ground and hit the WTC? I understand most experienced 767 pilots who have commented on the skill level they saw on teevee, assuming what they saw was real, have indicated they could not do that; let alone do the manuver that the Pentagon pilot is said to have pulled off. Any comment beachnut?
Yours is a very radical declaration, given the fact that in the common myth, 3 of 4 hijacked jetliners hit their mythical targets, including the Pentagon, no less, and one had to be diverted, not by military action, but by brave passengers. That is what the common myth holds. Thus, the common myth postulatess a complete, total and near onto absolute military failure.
Earth to beachnut: How in the heck did "(t)he exercise on 911 help...the military response" pray tell?
Oh, the FAA has a tape that it did not destroy, alter or try to withhold? Please source your quoted claims; thanks. Unfortunately for the public, the FAA's actions are so tainted as to render meaningless any attempt to rely on what the FAA says for purposes of proving the common myth.
I provided quoted material and sources for the FAA assertions that I made. Merely calling them a "lie" does not refute them. I think your reply is of the emotional variety, but, if you want to source your "lie" declaration, in order to take it out of the emotional realm and to put it into the factual realm, this is your opportunity to do so.
Source your claim and also relate the claim to something of substance. What issue are you addressing, what point are you seeking to advance. You need to calm down a bit, perhaps?
Why are you engaging in rhetoric here? If the number of calls made from alleged Seat-back phones is important to you, then you source, post up and allow your claim to be scrutinized.
Once again, what kind of pilot are you? I did not place principal reliance on the AK Dewdney study, but I did say that it had not been debunked and is a source. There is controversy, continuing to this day, as to whether or not cell phones could have worked.
Do you here assert that you can claim otherwise with 100% certainty; if so, please prove your claim with something other than your own unilateral declaration, if you can.
Your summary statement, as quoted above, is inherently ambiguous. The language "does not preclude..." is not definitive and does not provide proof that cell phones could have worked on 9/11, let alone constitute a declaration that they did work. beachnut, you need to calm down and look at this matter reasonably.
Thank you for sharing your opinion. You are entitled to it and you are entitled to express your emotional feelings. Furthermore, the entire psyop appartus has been set up so as to encourage Americans to be angry with "terrorists" so your emotional expression is entirely understandable. I have said this many times, now. However, feelings are not facts.