CNN.com - Wary U.S. turns spotlight on international flights - Jan. 2, 2004

CNN.com - Wary U.S. turns spotlight on international flights - Jan. 2, 2004

British Airways canceled Flight 223 from London to Washington today, the third time in three days the flight was disrupted because of security concerns, the airline said. Today's cancellation came a week and a half after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security raised the terror alert to orange, its second-highest level.

I've got an idea: why don't they load the plane up as planned, only put guards on it, check every piece of luggage and instead of flying, get the plane away from the airport and round up the suspects? By cancelling the flights, it looks like they're just telling the terrorists to reschedule.