Airline Cabin
The nation’s flight attendants say the government needs to ratchet up security measures inside airplanes and we couldn’t agree more. This four point plan outlined by the Assn. of Flight Attendants is simple and effective.
The new rules seek to strengthen in-cabin security through hand-to-hand combat instruction, personal radios and standardized size limits for carry-on luggage.
From The LA Times. The Assn. of Flight Attendants has been lobbying Congress for the last month or so to adopt its strategy for stronger counter-terrorism measures. The group hopes that lawmakers will include money to put some of their ideas into action under an upcoming funding bill for the Federal Aviation Administration.
The group, which represents more than 55,000 attendants at 20 airlines, wants to implement a four-point plan:
- Institute mandatory hand-to-hand combat training for all crew members.
- Equip flight attendants with portable communications devices so they can speak to the pilots during emergencies.
- Standardize the size of carry-on luggage so that flight attendants can look for suspicious passengers instead of struggling with oversized bags.
- Shut down onboard wireless Internet during high-threat periods to prevent terrorists from communicating with collaborators on the ground.
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=479ec0be-c809-448f-9a7e-c54bec2a2a7a)
This is long overdue.
Listen to the flight attendants; they should know what’s needed.
All of the above, and include arming the Flight Attendants with “Tazers”.
I agree with the CQC (Close Quarters Combat) procedures being taught to all airline personnnel but in addition they need to be taught the effectiveness of a simple pen, or pencil. Those can be used to remove a possible terrorist from the equation. A sharp, forceful stike into a person’s throat, eye, or neck can render them incapable of any further terror attack. If they are going to teach hand-to-hand combat there are some very simple ways to stop an attacker. Even an ordinary person, without any training at all can use the simple devices I just mentioned to stop any attacker. The main problem is getting people to understand that when lives are in danger, you use what you have available, and almost everyone carries a pen or pencil in their pocket or on their person, and that if you are in a life or death situation…let it be theirs…not yours.
An engineer (ex-NASA project director) has what I think is the near perfect solution for airport security!
Begin forwarded message:
*Date: *February 3, 2010 1:35:01 PM PST
*Subject: **Problem solved for airport and federal bldg security*
*Here’s a solution to all the controversy over full-body
scanners at the airports. Have a booth that you can step into
that will not X-ray you, but will detonate any explosive device
you may have on you.*
*It would be a win-win for everyone, and there would be none of this
crap about racial profiling and this method would eliminate a long
and expensive trial. Justice would be quick and swift..*
*Case Closed!*