Seems like Transport Secretary Stephen Byers is a PPRuNer!
From today's Telegraph:
Planes may have armed guards: Byers
Armed guards on board planes, and isolated
cockpits to protect pilots, could be introduced, Transport Secretary Stephen Byers says.
Mr Byers, who has met fellow EU transport
ministers to agree common security procedures, says Israeli airline El Al had cockpits which could be isolated from the rest of the aircraft and security personnel on board.
He added: "This is a measure we will need to consider in the light of what happened (the terrorist attacks in America). This is a new form of terrorism and we need to respond to it in the appropriate way."
Mr Byers said: "What we need to do is to respond to the things we saw. We need to mourn the dead, we have to protect the living and we have to make sure our normal way of life is protected."
Mr Byers said the prospect of a suicidal terrorist, prepared to kill himself and all passengers, was a threat "our existing security measures had not taken into account".