Cockpit Door Breached in Under 2 Seconds (VID)

Gotta love American news and the people who produce it. Sometime before 9/11 they broadcast to the world that the U.S. is listening to Osama Bin Laden's phone and he immediately stops using it — who knows what that cost us. Now, they tell everyone how easy it is to get into an airliner's cockpit.
 
gliderboy said:
Gotta love American news and the people who produce it. Sometime before 9/11 they broadcast to the world that the U.S. is listening to Osama Bin Laden's phone and he immediately stops using it — who knows what that cost us. Now, they tell everyone how easy it is to get into an airliner's cockpit.
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It didn't take the media publishing this for others to know it was a vulnerable point. Anyone who has watched the pilot/FA cockpit-bathroom switcharoo a few times should be able to see that the cockpit is no Fort Knox.
 
So, if the door is unlocked and the flight attendant moves out of the way you can open it? Is that the takeaway here? What do they want from "lawmakers"?

Even the CNN anchor was skeptical and that's saying something.
 
Wolf Blitzer at his finest. I don't know of any one person that sensationalizes anything more than him, with all of Fox and Nancy Grace being close behind.

I think Wolf is either scared to fly or has a vendetta against aviation, as most of his stories seem to be attacking everything about it. He has lost all credibility in my eyes as I haven't seen him attempt to paint a clear picture about flying...ever.
 
ZapBrannigan said:
Secondary barriers. Yup, there's some weight and some reengineering costs. The alternative is a bigger flight deck with a private lav. :)
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But imagine the potential stench when somebody punches a grumpy within 2 feet of where you're sitting. There are some things even a metered pressurization leak can't remedy. Plus there's that awkward time when you can hear the grunts coming through the door, maybe a little kicking and stomping, etc... I think I'll take the secondary barrier.
 
Pilot Relief Tubes.

My college had an Air Force ROTC instructor who flew F-14s in early Vietnam. One fine day, he was tooling along over the DMZ when his PRT sprung a leak and triggered his ejection seat sequence. Canopy, seat, chute! Splash one F-14!!

Maybe this option needs study, and not to be built by the lowest bidder.
 
FloridaLarry said:
Pilot Relief Tubes.

My college had an Air Force ROTC instructor who flew F-14s in early Vietnam. One fine day, he was tooling along over the DMZ when his PRT sprung a leak and triggered his ejection seat sequence. Canopy, seat, chute! Splash one F-14!!

Maybe this option needs study, and not to be built by the lowest bidder.
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F-14? Maybe, F-4.
 
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FloridaLarry said:
Pilot Relief Tubes.

My college had an Air Force ROTC instructor who flew F-14s in early Vietnam. One fine day, he was tooling along over the DMZ when his PRT sprung a leak and triggered his ejection seat sequence. Canopy, seat, chute! Splash one F-14!!

Maybe this option needs study, and not to be built by the lowest bidder.
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"Uhhh, WTF just happened?"
 
Put a few angry badgers into a cage. Shake up the cage really good to piss them off even more then leash them somewhere near the cockpit door. Ill guarantee you no one is gonna mess with that cockpit door. Every escalating situation can be solved using angry badgers. Just saying.
 
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