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Old March 30th 15, 08:13 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Don Johnstone[_4_]
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At 17:44 30 March 2015, Mike Schumann wrote:
On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 9:30:05 AM UTC-4, Don Johnstone wrote:
At 12:48 30 March 2015, Mike Schumann wrote:

Since 9/11 the threat has changed. There hasn't been a successful
Hijackin=
g yet (except by pilots). Every attempt has been blocked by an

immediate
r=
esponse by the crew and passengers to subdue to bad guy(s). The need

for
s=
ecure cockpit doors has passed.

No it has not. Unauthorised access to the flight deck is still the

greater
threat, still is potentially more harmful and more likely than any of

the
other problems which occur in flight. The current incident is rare,

very
rare as is a mechanical failure or mistake by the flight crew resulting

in
a crash. The only reason there are fewer hi-jackings is that it has

been
made too difficult.


There have been 3 fatal airline accidents in the last 17 months that

appear
to be the result of pilot suicides. How many hijackings have there been?


Is your memory really that short?