Wireless Devices Could Foil Hijack Attempts

ErikPeterson writes Flight attendants soon may be outfitted with wireless devices that would be used to alert pilots of attempted hijackings or other in-air security threats. The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it plans to require that airlines provide a way for the cabin crew to "discreetly notify" pilots "in the event of suspicious activity or security breaches in the cabin." The proposed regulation, which is not yet final, grew out of an advisory panel that the Transportation Department created after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. That panel recommended that cabin crew have "a method for immediate notification to the flight deck during a suspected threat in the cabin" that would permit pilots to take appropriate action, such as beginning an immediate landing."

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Blaagh.

[Fantastic Lad]

For goodness sake.

Honestly, I'm beginning to think that people deserve to live in the hell-pit of Human culture if they can't see how absolutely retarded this kind of fear-based nonsense really is.

You want to stop 'terrorism'? Get the Nixon crew out of the white house and the Zionists out of Isreal.

That's how you stop 'terrorism'.

9-11 was manufactured with the full knowledge and consent of the Bush government. Giving dippy little call buttons to flight attendants is like giving a used bandaid to a combine harvester accident victim.

-FL