may this be an alternative solution?
AMEandPPL
The whole change in security has come about to stop someone gaining access to an aircraft and performing another 9/11 by using the aircraft as a mobile bomb.
Maybe you are in a position to answer an idea that came to me?
I know in the car industry there is research going on into smart technology to stop cars being stolen through the use of computers and chips.
Is it possible through that techology to code the pilots so that the aircraft identifies the pilots and only allows them to manipulate the controls?
What I am getting at here is finger print identification, Iris identification or even gene identification through saliva as well as camera/visual identification.
The pilots would be coded through an airline so that the jet would identify the crew of the day and only respond to them?
That surely would stop another 9/11 or at least further add a security block which would allow other security to be relaxed.
Pace