WASHINGTON — We are fast approaching the third anniversary of September 11, but commercial airline cockpits are hardly any more secure. Air marshals are proving wonderfully ineffective and the plan to arm pilots has not fared so well. Sen. Jim…

The recently released results of a Transportation Security Administration pilot program show that privately-run airport screeners are as effective as federal operations — which is to say they perform in an equally poor manner. Then again, due to TSA constraints…