On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 09:48, Ian Marchak orated thus:
> > Something was mooted on radio here today:
> > Why aren't the bulkheads or doors to the cabin armour plated and locked
> > so as noone can enter.
>
> The main argument used here (up to this point) is the weight of such a
> bulkhead. It may not seem like much in the overall scheme of things, 1
> - 2 thousand pounds per aircraft to make the cockpit enclosure near
> impenetrable. However, carry that added weight out over a fleet of
> aircraft and it would literally be millions yearly in added cost in the
> fuel used to carry the extra weight.
I do not quite buy that argument insofar as there are now lightweight
stronger than steel substitutes.
> > Why are there no suveillance cameras installed so as the pilots can see
> > whats going on.
>
> That way the pilots watch what's happening in front of the
> aircraft...not in the cabin. A far better solution IMO would be air
> Marshall's, although that is not without it's drawbacks...but that's
> another debate. :)
Not to debate it but isn't flying an aircraft today lots easier and don't
they have other crew other than just a pilot up front?
> > Lastly why isn't the cabin on a seperate environment
> > so as the cabin crew could unleash a fairly harmless gas to put ALL to
> > sleep till it could land with a sombulent cargo??
>
> Keep in mind, that the hijackers are often times, as we saw, willing to
> die. If this gas was released into the cabin, they would not fall
> asleep instantly. Although it sounds feasible, they would no doubt
> start shooting people, windows, doors etc. and do everything in their
> power to ensure that they are not taken alive. A bullet hole at 450
> knots and 35,000 feet soon makes a very serious problem. You mentioned
> in one other post, the "flying colander" theory. When at altitude and
> pressurized, an aircraft is constantly exerting several hundred pounds
> of explosive force on each square foot of it's pressure envelope.
Not that I am volunteering, but isn't just one or two lives better than waht
we have seen. Yeah I know that just one life is sacroscant but I wonder if
some would not have preferred that this last week. Maybe some did on that one
that crashed in the woods.
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