[kattracks]

When are they going to stop allowing "pilots" from other airlines to hitch a ride in the cockpit? (Often in stolen uniforms with false licenses)

I have a feeling that this is a prctice that has seen it's last days.

[patriciaruth]

When are they going to stop allowing "pilots" from other airlines to hitch a ride in the cockpit? (Often in stolen uniforms with false licenses)

I have a feeling that this is a prctice that has seen it's last days.

Can't. Pilots have to deadhead to get to their assigned locations. Logistics of not allowing this would enter nightmareville. ID is just going to have to go retinal or some other technology.
However, most pilots deadhead in the rear of the plane. A fact which led one pilot to remark that if a plane went into a fatal dive, you'd find him toward the front of the crash site as he would have been racing up the aisle to try to help.

[afraidfortherepublic]

I have a feeling that this is a prctice that has seen it's last days

I ope so, but you notice that we've heard nothing more since the announcements a week or so ago about the bogus pilots hitching rides in the cockpit. Are the airlines afraid of liability? Is the government keeping a cap on this news? I hope it isn't just brushed under the rug.

There was a little squib in my local paper this morning about the FBI, CIA, and law enforcement asking for records of students on visas at various Wisconsin colleges. Most of the colleges were not co-operating. St. Norberts, however, turned over information on a Saudi student because he was taking flying lessons. Then they dropped the investigation because someone said the student was affiliated with the Saudi Air Force.

Hmmmmmmmmm.

[azskipGLOCK 17]

In the late 40`s & early 50`s I worked for one of the largest air carriers. All of the pilots that I was aquainted with carried a pistol in their flight bag. Several were my neighbors, most all packing. I challenge either of you to find any unlawful activities or bad incidents caused by these pilots who were packing side arms/...... It seems to me that we now have in our country too many folks that do not understand the need for equalizers; firearms, when it comes to confronting criminals, Terrorists and any other types that want to take away our FREEDOMS. I am 100% for the APA and the right for pilots to have a side arm in the cockpit. The Captain of a plane is the LAW, The Captain of a ship is the LAW too. I am packing, azskip