Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
by spinlock on Monday May 02, 2016 @02:13PM
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The 9-11 hijackers used razor blades. So, its been done. Of course, no American passenger is going to believe that everything will be fine if they comply these days so I don't think its possible to pull off 9-11 again.
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Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
by chimeracoder on Monday May 02, 2016 @03:36PM
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> The 9-11 hijackers used razor blades. So, its been done.
Only in the days when we didn't lock the cockpit doors. Now that the cockpit doors are locked, even an actual gun wouldn't be sufficient to hijack the plane (the cockpit doors are essentially impossible to open from the outside, at least not without equipment that would be impossible to bring on a plane and would be rather conspicuously slow to use during a flight).
Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
by nommm-nommm on Monday May 02, 2016 @02:43PM
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There is a huge difference hijacking protocol between now and 9/11.
Post 9/11 passengers are not going to allow a guy with a razor blade hijack a plane, or even several guys with razor blades. Passengers and crew members now fight back and have the advantage of numbers.
Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
by gerbilly on Monday May 02, 2016 @03:19PM
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>Passengers and crew members now fight back and have the advantage of numbers.
Yeah, but what if _everyone_ on the plane were a hijacker?
Wait...
Re:Catching a Flight? Budget Hours, Not Minutes, for Security
by imgabe on Monday May 02, 2016 @08:30PM
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The cockpit door is kept locked now, so it's moot. The pilot will land, SWAT team will storm the plane. Done.