[ffrancone]

Seal the cockpit and issue a can of pepper spray to each passenger. Impossible at that point to hijack any airplane. And, the perceived risk would be so great as to turn the terrorists attention elsewhere.

[TheBlackFeather]

Since all the hijackers appear to be Islamic fundamentalists, make sure the pilot/copilot seats are all upholstered in pigskin leather.

[morque2001]

Seal the cockpit and issue a can of pepper spray to each passenger. Impossible at that point to hijack any airplane. And, the perceived risk would be so great as to turn the terrorists attention elsewhere.

Definitely some merit to this idea. I don't know if I would issue it to everyone on the plane, but 20 or 30 well placed people would be a deterrent. As long as your going to give them pepper spray, why not a few guns with rubber bullets, and some paint ball guns? They sting like a b**ch. I think I could take out a guy and a knife with a good repeating paintball gun.

[Tall_Texan]

**...issue a can of pepper spray to each passenger.**

Unfortunately, I can picture some grandmother spraying this on her mashed potatoes.

I wonder if there could be some type of thumbprint identification technology used for cockpit entrance or as part of the takeoff procedure.