John Lear on airplane wreckage

[Jack White]

John Lear, in a recent posting, made a VERY interesting observation.
Since he has VAST EXPERIENCE as a passenger pilot, he wonders why
nobody has filed an FOIA request for what in the industry is called
THE ENVELOPE...on the four hijacked flights. The ENVELOPES were not
mentioned in any of the investigations.

THE ENVELOPE contains a document, signed by the AIRCRAFT CAPTAIN
on EVERY COMMERCIAL FLIGHT, which contains the final passenger manifest,
the destination, the amount of fuel on board, the names of the pilot and
flight attendants, etc., and the time the DOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLOSED.

The chief pilot signs the document, puts into the ENVELOPE, seals it and
hands it to the CHIEF FLIGHT ATTENDANT, who hands it to a terminal
employee. The chief flight attendant then CLOSES THE DOOR. The ENVELOPE
remains ON THE GROUND in airline custody. It is required by the FAA, and
is what is opened in case of a crash. IT STAYS ON THE GROUND, THUS IS
NOT DESTROYED IN ANY CRASH. All four flights should have had
ENVELOPES available.

Jack

...I should have mentioned that the passenger mainfest (a printout of
preticketed passengers) may be augmented by the chief flight attendant
if passengers do not show up, or late arrivals are added. The manifest
in THE ENVELOPE would include the names of hijackers, if preticketed,
or their written in aliases if added at the last moment by hand. In any
event, every person on board would be accounted for.