[extropy-chat] Lie detector glasses

[Kevin Freels]

If we eliminate the pilot entirely, the plane couldn't be taken over. :-)
They may be able to take hostages, but they can do that anywhere.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury at aeiveos.com>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 3:02 PM
Subject: RE: [extropy-chat] Lie detector glasses


>
> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Harvey Newstrom wrote:
>
> > Simply searching the passenger to make sure they have no weapons to take
> > over the plane with will produce much better results.
>
> Not really Harvey.  Without devoting too much thought to it
> I can come up with at least 4 methods that would defeat
> current search methods much of the time.  Some of them
> require some sophistication (I've watched too many secret
> agent movies I guess) but many could be managed by an
> average individual with access to a hardware store.
>
> The searches help little if at all.  Now the problem is
> that you have to potentially get by an air marshal, then
> you have to hope for a plane with few if any people willing
> to risk their lives to stop you, then you have to get by
> the cockpit door locks.
>
> If they had a way to allow the pilot to flip the plane autopilot
> into a ground control mode that would add another layer of
> defense.
>
> IMO, the searches are nothing more than a waste of time as
> a significant deterrent.
>
> Robert
>
>
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