Re: Backdoor Software Being Developed to Regain Control of Hijacked Aircra ft

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 7/24/06, Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com> wrote:
> Nick FitzGerald wrote:
> > And would especially ruthless hijackers with, say, one of the new
> > "super-jumbo" A380 planes with 500+ hostages not simply start killing
> > hostages until the remote navigational override was turned off?  Whose
> > government would actually NOT succumb to such a threat?
>
> Hopefully, none would.  The bar has been raised from "killing hostages
> on-board" to "crashing into building full of 5000 people".
>
> Plus, it's an unnecessary measure.  It's 2001's threat model.  Should I
> ever end up on a plane with hijackers, I'd be at the front of the line
> to get myself killed trying to take them out.  Should the pilot find
> himself flying a plane full of 500 terrorists, I would hope he would
> have the guts to aim for water.

That is the reason I feel thatr the new security measures at airports
are not only a waste of time and money, but also sends the message
that we are scared.

It wont be a random search that nabs the hijackers (who BTW didnt have
any contraband on the planes), it will be the people on board who dont
want to contribute to thbe death of semi-innocents.

-JP<who get off the soapbox>
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