That was true for 5 years. I don't believe that hijacking in US airspace, with predominantly or all americans on board, would go any differently (from a passenger standpoint) than any of the hijackings in Tom's list, given the same or similar circumstances.

It's not likely that another scenario similar to that of Sep 11 2001 would play out again the same way however, so I do agree in that respect. The hijackings since then have been much more traditional and that's likely why they didn't elicit the response from passengers that some people like to believe would result in "any" hijacking situation.

Besides, this doesn't have much to do with the hijackings off the coast of Somalia. Most of the "pirates" are the actual victims in that case and they certainly don't want to kill or harm the crew of the ships they're taking.