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31. The irony's hard, but I think airlines are more in danger of hijackers than pilots who decide to...

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 04:29 PM

Mar 2015

...lock out the other pilot and crash the plane. I'm not sure of the details of how the man locked out the other pilot; maybe that, too, was part of anti-hijacking measures and need to be rethought. Optimally, we don't want anyone taking over a cockpit for their own purposes. However, this kind of incident is rare compared to hijackers, and I'd rather the reinforced door and its codes remain and discourage them. I don't want to make it easier for hijackers to take over a cockpit simply because we're afraid that another pilot might do what this one did.

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Spending twenty years in the Air Force, I've seen my share of air incidents... [View all] MrScorpio Mar 2015 OP

I second your good thoughts, my dear MrScorpio... CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #1

It is incredible, unbelievable, awful uppityperson Mar 2015 #2

I too have some aviation background Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #3

Fortunately the pilot did not target a city's populace. nt Malraiders Mar 2015 #4

If he didn't care about the 149 passengers and crew riderinthestorm Mar 2015 #5

I doubt he cared about anyone else, either, but it could have been a psychotic episode... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #21

Certainly not his sanest moment!! n/t Yo_Mama Mar 2015 #38

^^^This!^^^ Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #24

The fact that they were panicked and screaming before they Cleita Mar 2015 #6

Yowza. Was this before or after the infamous "Alive" incident? LeftinOH Mar 2015 #7

Before. Thank God. Cleita Mar 2015 #10

That is what haunts me the most. smirkymonkey Mar 2015 #43

Yes. Cleita Mar 2015 #46

((humanity)) blm Mar 2015 #8

Nicely put. WillowTree Mar 2015 #9

I agree with you madokie Mar 2015 #11

Check out my response in 21...we might discover that he had sinister motives... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #23

Terrible 10 minutes, but the end was quick thank goodness. Nt Logical Mar 2015 #12

Sheer madness. Chilling. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #13

As someone who holds an Airman's Certificate (the fancy term for "pilot's license")... MindPilot Mar 2015 #14

You talk as if he knew what he was doing and we just don't know that... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #25

That is entirely possible. MindPilot Mar 2015 #30

Looks like we'll have a better understanding of why soon... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #32

Makes no sense... Helen Borg Mar 2015 #15

Because sometimes people don't make rational decisions. eggplant Mar 2015 #48

Agreed, but his is a redescription of what happened, not an explanation of what happened. Helen Borg Mar 2015 #49

I feel as though I am in shock around this. FourScore Mar 2015 #16

i'm sorry because i have not heard this news. barbtries Mar 2015 #17

As much as they can confirm it... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #18

sigh. barbtries Mar 2015 #35

Police searches at his and his parents' home are beginning to reveal his mental state... Surya Gayatri Mar 2015 #26

A horrible story. cwydro Mar 2015 #19

That's an important point... regnaD kciN Mar 2015 #27

Yes. EgyptAir and the Japan airline cwydro Mar 2015 #28

Also the attempted FedEx suicide insurance scam. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2015 #40

Never heard of that one. cwydro Mar 2015 #41

Auburn Calloway. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2015 #51

One of the things that make this worse Half-Century Man Mar 2015 #20

Policy is different in U.S., apparently TexasMommaWithAHat Mar 2015 #22

Exactly. cwydro Mar 2015 #29

More than one airline has already announced this change to policy Yo_Mama Mar 2015 #39

The irony's hard, but I think airlines are more in danger of hijackers than pilots who decide to... Moonwalk Mar 2015 #31

I wouldn't undo what I see as a prudent safety measure either. Half-Century Man Mar 2015 #36

My jury is still out on this... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #33

Horrible pscot Mar 2015 #34

It's like a government that sends innocent young people off to war valerief Mar 2015 #37

Amen, MrScorpio - ex USAF myself. raven mad Mar 2015 #42

Unfathomable, Mr Scorpio Cha Mar 2015 #44

Some of the Air Force veterans I have talked to recently told me that . . . Major Hogwash Mar 2015 #45

I'm no pilot but lofty1 Mar 2015 #47

The plane was not in a stall situation, according to the flight data. uppityperson Mar 2015 #50

the cheap money misers who believe 1 person in control are in a dead stop these days. pansypoo53219 Mar 2015 #52