[William Tell]

I think the chances that a workable process can be created which will protect the passengers from a pilot or co-pilot who is set on killing them is ZERO.

Once you let such a person control an aircraft, it's OVER. It's too late. Any preventive measures must occur prior to such a person entering the plane.

[Flag_This]

"Once you let such a person control an aircraft, it's OVER. It's too late."

Imagine how bad it is when such a person is president.

[QT3.14]

= Once you let such a person control an aircraft, it's OVER. It's too late. Any preventive measures must occur prior to such a person entering the plane. =

I agree. Having a FA present while one of the crew is gone does little good if the evil-doer overpowers that person.

[SunkenCiv]

Alas, you’re probably right — if someone is hot to do something like this and doesn’t care if they live or die in the process. When the EgyptAir flight crashed in the Atlantic, the copilot was the one who shut things down so that the plane would auger in, reciting his b-s muzzie “prayers”. The pilot was unable to restore the plane to normal flight in time.