Well gee, now that you've detailed your selection criteria and printed it in the media, no terrorists will ever read it and mask these behaviors, will they now?
The project is also developing automated flight controls that will prevent a hijacker taking over an airliner and sensors at the aircraft's doors to detect if someone is carrying explosives or chemicals.
I don't suppose they considered the implementation of aggressive profiling, which would most likely be far more effective? No? I didn't think so. I'm still waiting to hear about a Norwegian grandma trying to hijack a plane.
Political correctness will be the death of us all.
It seems a little late once their on the plane.
One word: "gum"
What if hijackers bought up most/all of the seats on any flight? What then?
The possibilities are horrific. Passenger 3A is on a medication that dries out the membranes, resulting in dry lips and eyes. He's also nervous about flying. Take-off scares him, ascent scares him, and turbulence scares him, plus he has an itchy ear from the mosquitos that he left behind in Houston. They gonna pick him up?
How about putting up a newspaper to block the camera while the evil passenger is delivering signals or being nervous?
Wait! What does the ACLU have to say about this?!
This is so idiotic! Technology for the sake of technology.
And even if this would work, the reason we are advertising it's presence is...?
Like maybe a fear of flying? How many planes will be diverted due to false alarms? Might as well put the passengers in straight-jackets and a five point harness with leg restraints.
Or solve the problem back at the nest.
They should have had one of these on Pelosi during the State of the Union address.
Oooooh! Great idea !!
They can also make all the seats ejection capable so the software will just pop them out of the plane. Save money by not providing the parachute. We'll all fly safer!
/sarcasm
Very stupid idea. Means that the originator is stupid.
A better way to prevent hijackings is to arrange for separate flights for those belonging to the ideology of death and destruction. Those flights would be advertized as "non-profiled". Then only jihadists and bleeding-heart liberals would fly on them.
This technology would lead to making hoaxes a major weapon of terrorism. Send a couple of completely clean terrorists onto a large number of planes. Have them act in a suspicious manner triggering a alert and the diversion of the plane. When questioned and examined, nothing is found. File lawsuits against the airline and the government. Early efforts in this area have already taken place such as the group of Imams praying and acting suspiciously and then demanding all sorts of apologies and accommodations after they were taken off of a plane and then found not to be terrorists.
I spy, with my little eye,
A terrified passenger,
Fate forced to fly.
She's nervous, she fidgets,
There's no holding back.
Never mind if she's 80,
On crutches and black.
My guess is fortified cockpit doors and guns for the pilots would be cheaper and more effective.
ditto the political correctness.