They know the only time they can possibly get access to the cockpit is when some one exits or enters. Schedules are routine. Fix the schedules of rest breaks, etc../.......
It also conitues in the interior of the country at national and regional infrastructure sites.
We must let our people be armed on international flights. These two terrorists should have been dropped on this flight...but there was no one with the weapon to do so.
I believe this, that the passengers, upon learning that ME men have taken a flight, will not allow it to continue, IMHO, viza viz Flight 93 type ction.
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Well it appears we have an idea where the next attack will come from.
Move along. Nothing to see. Sounds a lot like those "musicians" headed to Vegas a few years ago.
These kinds of stories are a concern but I'm much more worried about MANPADS which have likely already been smuggled in to the US.
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Here's hoping no one links to this post in the next 6-18 months in profound retrospect...
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Why, in the blue blazes, would the flight crew allow the door to be opened with a passenger present who had already disobeyed the FA?!?
Thenks for posting. BTTT!
I think the best way to deal with perps like this is to have it pre-arranged with the cockpit crew that upon a certain code word, the 'fasten seat belts' light comes on, the plane drops down to about 2000 feet, and the FFDOs and the FAs grab the sumb!tches, open the emergency door, and just throw their damn asses out.
If it's over land, they won't survive the fall, if it's over water, the sharks have to suck it up and eat some unappetizing food.
Problem solved.
When boarding, all passengers are given multi-language instructions which read "Want to arrive at your destination alive? - Do NOT interfere with the operation of this aircraft, nor with the crew. Any deviation may result in your experiencing a unexpected and violent death."
Another good reason tofly El Al.
THAT should have triggered a "lockdown" and general high security status. On a commercial passenger aircraft, there should be ZERO tolerance for passengers not complying with crew members' instructions. No English? How much English does it take to understand when a crew member is pointing aft and saying something directly to you in a stern voice?
"No English" should not be an excuse, but it would be a good idea to have all passengers required to list what languages they understand when purchasing a ticket, and print an instruction on their ticket in one of those languages and in English that if any crew member says something to you that you don't understand, you should respond by immediately returning to your own seat and sitting down in it, or to a different seat if the crew member leads you to a different one. It's a simple concept, and wouldn't be hard to make part of common knowledge, just like buckling your seat belt for take-off and landing. It would enable passengers to demonstrate that they are attempting to behave appropriately, and enable crew to quickly identify passengers who are not attempting to behave appropriately and be legally protected if they use physical force to control such a passenger.
May or may not have been a probe, but I seriously doubt it was an attempt to take over the plane, unless they just wanted to destroy it alone. Mid-Atlantic is way too far out to use the plane as a weapon.
These perps should have been sent to an interrogation facility and been introduced to the water board. These incidents, like those of the praying Imams in Minneapolis, are clearly tests of current security measures and we can soon expect more plane hijackings by the religion of peace.
For later review.
I honestly think that the airline trick is out for now. But we need to keep aware.