FROM INTERNTET VERSION OF THE JERUSALEM POST TODAY
The flight privileges of three foreign airlines serving Ben Gurion International may be suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) if cockpit doors are not locked during flights to Tel Aviv, the Transportation Ministry warned Thursday.
Passengers flying to Israel on UK-based Monarch Airlines, Onur Air of Turkey, and Yugoslavian flag carrier, JAT, have repeatedly complained that pilots keep cockpit doors open during flights to Tel Aviv, in violation of Israeli aviation laws.
After meeting with the airlines representatives, CAA head, Amos Amir ordered the carriers to issue written instructions for cabin crews on Tel Aviv bound flights alerting them to the security guidelines, with copies of each airline's orders sent to the Transportation Ministry.
Since the events of September 11, 2001, the CAA has ordered all airlines servicing Israel to keep cockpit doors locked during flight.