Originally Posted by
Fujitsu10
I have been following this forum for a long time now, and I'm finding that I have to keep reminding myself that the forum is on aviation matters. If you read the last number of pages it would be easy to think that it was a medical or trade union forum.
Having said that I've read with interest all the suggestions for allowing emergency access to the FD. What if for example the roles were reversed and the driver intent on crashing had been removed from the FD. How then would you reverse all the procedures for getting access to the FD?
I'm not sure it will be possible to ensure that the crew member intent on causing harm is ALWAYS on the correct side of the locked door.
The whole concept of having a barrier within an aeroplane is incorrect. It was a typical kneejerk reaction without really thinking of the future consequences. The filter must be at the airport. Passengers, cc, pilots all through x ray scanners (if you're offended then get a taxi). IF a rogue element/poorly pilot still manages to get on board and IF he has managed to bring some weapon with him better to have a plane full to stop the situation rather than a door he can get behind.
This locking mechanism has caused critical flight dials to be incorrectly pressed (narrowly missing a fatal disaster), it has locked captains out while malfunctioning, and has aided suicides that very probably would have been prevented. Is it really possible to get 2,3 or 4 terrorists onto a plane theses days? Security has changed massively since 9/11.