Cockpits still not adequately protected?

[Erlanger]

Curious what some of you think of this report.

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/v...-marsh-intv-911-widow-cockpit-breach.cnn.html

 

[Secret Squirrel]

Don't worry. Our crack security (TSA) has spent BILLIONS of dollars on behavior identification training that would easily identify anybody who is interested in hijacking an airplane before they even make it into the airport.

 

[DUBLINFLYER]

FFDO time

 

[airplane wizard]

Wouldn't the FA kick a hijacker in the jimmy before they got too far?

 

[waveflyer]

Be vigilant
But c'mon

That was a pretty weak video

Grieving widow
God bless

 

[gfisher]

FFDO's are handicapped by their sop. Having the firearm locked before the cockpit door is opened.

 

[dollacrackho]

The video is kinda dumb but it raises some valid concerns. It wouldn't be that hard to jerry- rig something to block the passenger cabin from the galley area. You figure if one psycho picks the right flight where the crew is lackadaisical about the door procedure. .. I know I've been on plenty of flights where the cockpit door has remained open for more than a couple of seconds.

 

[Pattern-Master]

On most legacy carriers all you need is the fat cat lady flight attendants to huddle up and block the cockpit, half of them look like linebackers anyway.

 

[Nado]

Everyone that touches your airplane is not searched. The TSA believes that by issuing a SIDA badge no employee would ever have bad intentions or be compromised by bad guys to bring a weapon or explosive through. Think how easy it would be to wait outside the employee parking lot, follow a gate gent home and threaten them and their family if they don't bring a box out to the airplane the next day. Or have the cleaning people stash a weapon in a plane as well.
It is comedy of the highest order that crew are searched before every flightbut no one else is. Its almost as if the TSA tried to make aircraft security as backsa**ward as possible.
But don't worry, 9/11 was 13 years ago, they are working on a better system, give them time.

 

[737tanker]

FFDO's are handicapped by their sop. Having the firearm locked before the cockpit door is opened.

You have no clue what you are talking about. Once the cockpit door is closed for pushback FFDOs take the weapon out of their bag and strap it to their body. It gets put back into the bag once arriving at the gate.