That was felt to be enough of a solution because nobody had the forsite to realize that hijacking the aircraft would be the first step in using them as a weapon.
Quite right! My question is what will hijackers now do on an airplane? Surely the flight crew is not letting them take over control. After 11 Sept cockpit doors have been strenghtened, crew awareness is much higher. If there are three or four hijackers on board and they cannot get to the cockpit right away my guess is that they'll be beat up by the pax.
I think the current demands to foreign carriers are a step backwards and very demanging to the industry. My biggest worry are those SAM 7As ...