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1 pointWhat of the 'grudge' Cooper mentioned ? That is social-political. Maybe just idle talk to pass the time ? Not going to take the plane to Cuba. Knows the geography of Seattle-Portland, McChord AFB and ground travel times ... ? Gives the pilot flap settings! ..... Builds a bomb that he says could blow up the whole plane and kill everyone including himself! That alone is several stages beyond mere robbery ? A dead guy cant spend his gains ?
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1 pointBank robberies don’t get nearly that amount of money. Bank robbers have to be very quick about it. They can usually only get what the tellers have. $200k in 71 was 1.4 million today. You’d never get that by running into a bank. For reference, McNally told me that he had been casing a Brinks truck route in Detroit at the time of the Cooper hijacking. When he saw the amount of money Cooper got then he shifted his focus to a hijacking.
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1 pointSo why didnt Cooper just rob a bank ?
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1 pointDo bank robbers need specific motives other than the prospect of quick enrichment?
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1 point200K then was a million and a half dollars. That is moonshot money for someone. And he wouldn't have been able to spend it. (I agree with Larry.)