Guys, the jig is up. (KCM related media sensationalism)
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scooter2525
Very well Member
The first comment sums it up perfectly.
"This "report" does nothing but stir up panic and does NOTHING to inform the public about the Known Crew Member program. It is NOT a security risk. The crew members go through FBI background checks in order to be hired by the airline and to be approved to use Known Crew Member. Plus the program is APPROVED by the TSA, and the Department of Homeland Security. Also this "report" didn't mention the fact that crew members can be randomly chosen to go through the normal security line. Going through the regular security line, a metal detector, or full body scanner would have stopped EXACTLY NONE of the incidents or the Germanwings crash mentioned in the "report."
"This "report" does nothing but stir up panic and does NOTHING to inform the public about the Known Crew Member program. It is NOT a security risk. The crew members go through FBI background checks in order to be hired by the airline and to be approved to use Known Crew Member. Plus the program is APPROVED by the TSA, and the Department of Homeland Security. Also this "report" didn't mention the fact that crew members can be randomly chosen to go through the normal security line. Going through the regular security line, a metal detector, or full body scanner would have stopped EXACTLY NONE of the incidents or the Germanwings crash mentioned in the "report."
Runincolorado
Well-Known Member
We have remembered the lessons of 9/11. Every passenger on board will stand up and go after anyone who is threatening to do harm to the aircraft. I would rather put my faith in passengers on board than the TSA.
juxtapilot
Snowflake
I don't trust anything she says because she never flew Obama.
wheelsup
Well-Known Member
It's sensationalism. No one really is watching or reading it beyond the few guys on here. The more clicks they get the happier they are. Don't click, don't read, don't "post" in the responses. That's what they want.
Riiiiiight. That's because those guys on 9/11 were all active airline crew members in good standing.
Idiotic indeed. But this is exactly the stuff the media looks for to generate public interest and hence, ratings. Exactly why one bad apple such as the GermanWings FO, can ruin stuff for the rest of the bunch for a while......even longer possibly.
Autothrust Blue
“If you jump on my shift, that’s just rude, man.”
Erm, well, at the end of the day, you've got to trust us, or engineer all the humans out.
Not the first time an airplane has been deliberately destroyed by an airline employee, although we certainly hope it's the last.
Jafari RastaMan
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A few years ago, I remember reading about a pilot who was on drugs and, in his flight bag, would carry around plastic bags shaped like a dildo and filled with drug-free urine. I can't find it in a google search, but does anybody know if TSA was the one who discovered this guy?
I'll hold my opinions until we hear from Ralph Nader's former bus driver.
Yup. At the end of everything, it's still a crew behind the locked cockpit door. With a crash axe and possibly a pistol. So yeah, you're absolutely correct about the trust. Sad that so many will pay for the idiocy of one, possibly.
Luigi
Well-Known Member
Oh man, you better be careful, you wouldn't want them learning that some pilots are allowed to carry guns too!
So long as you're not carrying tweezers or a shaving razor with more than 3 blades, then carrying a gun is fine.