I had been watching this thread with interest (admittedly with a lot more interest once Idunno kicked off - what a joker!) and was curious about one point. Take a short-haul flight where the flight deck is locked for the complete flight, if a CCM sees something dodgy, can or should a pilot leave the flight deck to verify suspect package/box/machine that goes ping/etc is dodgy? Idunno alluded to some procedure involving verification by the pilot (mind you he also alluded to the fact he was a pilot but with his inter-personal skills and previous numeric literacy problems I found this a bit hard to believe). Did he make that procedure up?
If that procedure does exist, with minimal planning by terrorists, it looks like an open door to cockpit intrusion.
Last edited by RogerIrrelevant69; 21st Jul 2006 at 09:49.