“In one of Isaac Asimov’s science fiction novels, the people in the future wonder how anyone trusted aircraft in the hands of humans, rather than the much safer computerized, robotic control...”
It would have to be done in a VERY CAREFUL way. Much easier, and cheaper, to simply keep Muslims out of the cockpit.
While I agree that your suggestion is the simplest solution it is not viable when one intends to fly to and from Muslim nations.
If we will not permit Muslim pilots on our planes we are not likely to be welcomed at Muslim airports.
Even if we made such a policy we would likely get the occasional closet convert who infiltrates the cockpit.
How soon we forget...
Germanwings Flight 9525 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Barcelona–El Prat Airport in Spain to Düsseldorf Airport in Germany. The flight was operated by Germanwings, a low-cost carrier owned by the German airline Lufthansa. On 24 March 2015, the Airbus A320 operating the flight crashed 100 km north-west of Nice in the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.
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EgyptAir Flight 990 was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Cairo International Airport, with a stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City. On October 31, 1999, the Boeing 767 operating the route crashed into the Atlantic Ocean about 60 miles (100 km) south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, killing all 217 passengers and crew on board, making it the deadliest aviation disaster for EgyptAir.
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