GlueBall
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: HKG
Posts: 1,645
Jaxon: . . . you may be surprised to learn that the pilots of the world's most security conscious airline are unarmed.
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I believe there are several reasons why they are unarmed -
1. armed guards on all flights(?).
2. excellent counter-intelligence.
3. legal right to 'profile'.
4. double door system to the cockpit so no one can enter without permission.
If the U.S. operated the way this carrier does, with just a fraction of the daily flights that the U.S. operates, I think the FFDO program might have been stillborn. The reality is their system isn't feasible in the U.S. We'd require over 100,000 armed guards.