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Planes Must Be Equipped with Bulletproof Cockpit Door
Israel National News ^
| 18:03 Aug. 03, '03 / 5 Av 5763
Posted on 08/03/2003 9:49:44 AM PDT by yonif
(IsraelNN.com) Minister of Transportation Avigdor Lieberman today announced a new regulation for all airplanes flying to and from Israel. Beginning on 31 October 2003, all aircraft must be equipped with a bulletproof door to the pilot’s cockpit.
The Israel Civil Air Administration has sent the new security regulation to the international airline community as well as to airlines operating in Israel.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: airlines; antiterror; cockpit; israel; safety
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posted on
08/03/2003 9:49:44 AM PDT
by
yonif
To: SJackson; Yehuda; Nachum; adam_az; LarryM; American in Israel; ReligionofMassDestruction; ...
Ping.
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posted on
08/03/2003 9:50:07 AM PDT
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: yonif
Bring back the old Urinal Tube!
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posted on
08/03/2003 9:52:40 AM PDT
by
Gritty
To: yonif
Won't make a difference. And if it is bulletproof, will it be axe proof for pilot escape?
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Unsure. The US has also put out the same Oct. 31 date for planes entering the US as well regarding these doors.
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posted on
08/03/2003 10:11:17 AM PDT
by
yonif
("If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Wither" - Psalms 137:5)
To: Gritty
"Bring back the old Urinal Tube!" Well, that'll work for the MALE pilots, but nowadays, there ARE pilots of the other gender flying commercial planes. I guess they will need "really super-duper-absorbent" Maxipads (aka Pampers). Somehow, I don't think that will be a popular approach.
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posted on
08/03/2003 10:57:25 AM PDT
by
Wonder Warthog
(The Hog of Steel)
To: yonif
Is there any requirment on the bulkhead?
To: Wonder Warthog
Well, that'll work for the MALE pilots, but nowadays, there ARE pilots of the other gender flying commercial planes. I guess they will need "really super-duper-absorbent" Maxipads (aka Pampers). Somehow, I don't think that will be a popular approach. Why won't they be able to do whatever it is that female B-1 or B-52 pilots do? No potty in a BUFF. Fighters too of course, but their missions are usually shorter, except ferry missions.
Or is the super Depends method what the female military pilots use?
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posted on
08/03/2003 12:20:37 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: El Gato
"Or is the super Depends method what the female military pilots use?" Actually, I think the "super Depends" method is what ALL sexes of pilots use in such situations. Read back to the early days of the space programs about the "dirty little secret" of astronautics :^).
Either that, or there is a new shade of meaning to the term "anal retentive".
To: Gritty
Bring back the old Urinal Tube!Ah, the Trucker's Buddy!
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posted on
08/03/2003 4:57:27 PM PDT
by
Puppage
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