Originally Posted by wiggy
Ah but then you'd need a second FAM in case the first FAM gets been "turned" and shoots the pilots...and then of course.........
There are already FAMs in the main cabin. Just remove cockpit doors altogether so that a terrorist (whoever that might be) cannot lock himself into the cockpit, and we are all set, I think
Flight training for FAMs should be no problem - I think they already earn more money than many regional airline pilots? So you could just recruit FAMs from pilots rather than law enforcement.
And no I am not joking. It just sickens me that someone believes that his holy profession is immune from terrorism. If you lower the screening standards for flight/cabin crew (and let it be known publicly!), you can as well lower the screening standards for everyone else.