The Cellar - View Single Post - Survival Lessons to be learned from the Victims (long)

downside · 05-30-2002, 02:43 PM

Many ideas have been passed around the US about how to make flying "terror proof". Granted this task is improbable but still, if we brush this off without trying tio improve flying standards, this could happen 1,000 times over.

Not that my ideas ever get heard, but I thought I would share one that has always been a thought in my mind.

I think the entrance to the cockpit shouldn't be accessible from inside the plane. There would be two doors to the plane, one for the cabin and the other for the cockpit. That way, the terrorists couldn't get into the cockpit and take over the flight. This would at least prevent the terrorists from flying the plane into a building or a target for that matter.

The planes, of course, would need to be revamped to allow a bathroom/kitchenette in the cockpit. But this idea isn't far fetched. Even their own air supply. Everything would be separate from the cabin.

Secondly, Hollywood has shown in movie after movie the effects of Cloraphil (mind the spelling). It's doused onto a cloth and the breather of this stuff instantly passes out. I say, along with the separate cockpit idea, the pilots should be able to hit a button that release the gas into the cabin, knocking out everyone. So now, you have two pilots, flying the plane, who cannot be reached. At the sign of danger (simple camera and monitor in the cockpit), the pilots press this button giving off a sleep gas. Then, they just fly to the nearest strip, land, and let the FBI take the sleeping terrorists away.

I'm sure this has already been thought of and dismissed for reasons I can't see. But if not, man that'd be great.

05-30-2002, 02:43 PM	#8
downside a shadow in the dark... Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 44	Many ideas have been passed around the US about how to make flying "terror proof". Granted this task is improbable but still, if we brush this off without trying tio improve flying standards, this could happen 1,000 times over. Not that my ideas ever get heard, but I thought I would share one that has always been a thought in my mind. I think the entrance to the cockpit shouldn't be accessible from inside the plane. There would be two doors to the plane, one for the cabin and the other for the cockpit. That way, the terrorists couldn't get into the cockpit and take over the flight. This would at least prevent the terrorists from flying the plane into a building or a target for that matter. The planes, of course, would need to be revamped to allow a bathroom/kitchenette in the cockpit. But this idea isn't far fetched. Even their own air supply. Everything would be separate from the cabin. Secondly, Hollywood has shown in movie after movie the effects of Cloraphil (mind the spelling). It's doused onto a cloth and the breather of this stuff instantly passes out. I say, along with the separate cockpit idea, the pilots should be able to hit a button that release the gas into the cabin, knocking out everyone. So now, you have two pilots, flying the plane, who cannot be reached. At the sign of danger (simple camera and monitor in the cockpit), the pilots press this button giving off a sleep gas. Then, they just fly to the nearest strip, land, and let the FBI take the sleeping terrorists away. I'm sure this has already been thought of and dismissed for reasons I can't see. But if not, man that'd be great.