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It shouldn't have been a problem in the first place. In many cities, you cannot access the driver's portion of a taxicab. Yet airplanes had less separation. Pilots should never give controls over, and there should be strong, locked, doors. The lack of toilet sorta ruins the whole design. There's still a critical window where the door is open to the cabin, even though blocked by a food cart. But I suppose you'd need t…
> Pilots should never give controls over, and there should be strong, locked, doors. They have that now; it resulted in a pilot deliberately crashing his own plane into the ground while the co-pilot banged futilely on the door outside. [0] Unintended consequences and all that. [0] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/1149...
Re: Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
#511It's absolutely unrelated matters. There always was a possibility for one pilot to barricade in the cabin. And in any case, he could just bash his co-pilot with something and do whatever he wants. If you got pilot who wants to crash the plane on board, you already screwed up, good thing it's very rare occasion.