Originally Posted by
MechEngr
I think the threat of converting a passenger aircraft into a suicide-guided cruise missile is over. Concentrate on fixing maintainer induced problems and crew upset training and the other, repeated sources of crashes.
IMO you’re right. If the industry spent 1% of what it does on pointless “security” on actual flight safety and training, we’d be in a much better place. Lubitz proved in an unfortunate way that current arrangements are pretty robust, even against those completely familiar with procedure.
Maybe for extra safety passengers should be towed behind in a totally separate aircraft, shackled to the floor, just in case?