Originally Posted by
DireWolf
As someone who spends a good bit of time on commercial flights, I STRONGLY disagree with items A, B, H, and I....The rest aren't too bad.
Reason - A, B, and I would be MASSIVE inconveniences and infringements for anyone who travels frequently, (unless for A you're not counting a "personal" item such as a backpack, which is the way it is now - I, and many people I know, almost never check bags unless travelling for vacation with family), and offer almost no real risk mitigation benefits whatsoever - those who would give up essential liberties for temporary (and false in this case) security deserve neither....
As for H, well, it would have to be an electronic system....Imagine if the first thing an attacker did was hack the airplane control systems and PLCs in question (really not that hard to do with the right skillset - ANYTHING can be hacked, including security/anti-malware software which is specifically designed to prevent that from happening), and did a positive-override of the locking mechanism...Now air marshall (if on plane), as well as all passengers, with the exception of the attackers, are locked in their seats and cannot take defensive actions or try to overwhelm the attackers....Are we going to ban laptops on planes? Smartphones? See comment above....
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