Robin Hordon

Robin Hordon claims to have been an air traffic controller until 1981, when he was fired along with the rest of the members of PATCO (the air traffic controllers' union) by Ronald Reagan when they engaged in an illegal strike.

Hordon believes that the planes should have been shot down on 9-11.

“There had to be something huge to explain why those aircraft weren’t shot down out of the sky. We have fighters on the ready to handle these situations twenty-four-seven. We have NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) monitors monitoring our skies twenty-four-seven. We have a lot of human beings, civilian and military, who care about doing their jobs.”

The notion that the planes would have been shot down out of the sky is rather absurd. It's a classic case of transferring 9-12 thinking to 9-11. Indeed, had the planes been shot down the 9-11 "Truth" Movement would regularly be calling for Bush's impeachment on the basis of the downed airliners.

Hordon claims that the planes could have been flown by remote control, although oddly he also thinks the hijackers did exist:

But Hordon believes that, if the hijackers really were on the planes and did indeed take over the cockpits as reported, their ability to actually fly the aircraft to their targets is a distinct possibility.

“If anybody thinks that these flight directors weren’t sophisticated enough to be programmed to go to these exact, specific coordinates—WTC One and Two—they’re wrong. It has nothing to do with pilot competence.”

Interesting, because Hordon allies himself with the Pilots for 9-11 Truth, which insists that even skilled pilots could not have hit the World Trade Center.

In the seventies, they were extremely sophisticated with aircraft. Could they commandeer an aircraft in mid-flight right now? Absolutely, in a heartbeat. Clearly the technology is there. It’s been there for a long time.”
It only seems reasonable that if this technology were the most efficient, reliable and discrete means to guarantee the success of such an elaborate operation, the conspirators wouldn’t hesitate to make full use of it.

Hordon also claims to have worked on a hijacking and assisted with another; this should be fairly easy to check. Hordon worked in Boston Center from 1970-1981; were any planes hijacked heading to or from Boston in that timeframe?