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Old 29th May 2002, 08:20
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Capt. Crosswind
 
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Armed & Fortified Flight Deck

It might be useful to define what is meant by the above.

*Closed circuit video covering the cabin.
*Double door flight deck access - that is, a system which limits access to one person at a time & the second door can't open until the first door is closed.
*Both pilots armed with revolvers firing frangible rounds

Airport Security
The usual system tightened up and with full CAPPS capability,viz., racial & nationality profiling

With the above in place it makes a suicide hijack as close to impossible as we can get.

I believe the Airline Passengers Association has demanded that
pilots be armed , and the Anti Gun lobby are happy with this also.
It's the rear echelon bureaucrats that living in Disney Land on this issue.
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