Originally Posted by MaxReheat
If nothing else, this tragedy highlights what every flightcrew member has been saying to each other since the knee-jerk secuirty reactions came in post 9/11; that if one of us wanted to crash our aircraft, we could do so with little difficulty.
This exposes the security farce - no yoghurts, bottled drinks, Swiss Army knives etc - that we have been forced to accept fro the past 14 years.
As a previous poster said; we should be part of the aviation security solution. The politically-driven authorities have never accepted this and this awful incident has blown a hole in their logic with regard to flightcrew and security.
Very good post! We don't need an other string of knee-jerk reactions to this very tragic accident. Whatever measure will be taken: a pilot sitting in one of the cockpit seats will always be in a position where he can easily crash the plane. Try to keep common sense: an FA coming into the cockpit when one of the pilots goes to the toilet will not stop a pilot who really wants to crash the plane from doing so. (Distraction from a good-looking flight attendant, might turn out to be just as deadly) So please, no exaggerated reactions from bureaucrats behind a desk who don't know anything about flying please!.