Virgin Australia Flight hijacked

[Ken Borough]

Ad Astra manages to personally attack those who make valid and logical points. Like those of his ilk, his childish comments say more about him than anything else. His ad hominem attacks do nothing to advance his argument, if he has one.

On publicly available information, this incident appears to reflect poorly on the professionalism of the airline concerned. Whoever has heard before of a drunk pax being responsible for the closure of an international airport with subsequent disruption and inconvenience?

If VA had the wisdom, they'd have fitted ACARS to their aircraft. As we know, this system, and the digital sat-phone, is probably the most secure way in which to communicate. A lot of issues can be easily resolved with either tool.