Originally Posted by
law dawg
Are you serious?
I'm very serious. 9/11 was successful because of the mindset and policies of airlines at that time.
Could a dedicated group of terrorists make it through a cabin crew today? Sure. The difference is, the pilots aren't going to open the door and surrender command of the airplane. And as Flight 93 demonstrated, once the passengers realize what's in store for them, they aren't going sit there passively.
Originally Posted by
law dawg
Without the door, it's over. Unless you have other armed people in the cabin, close to the door and able to react, be they FFDO, FAM or LEO.
And the door has
nothing to do with TSA's gate security.
Originally Posted by
law dawg
That's how I'd do it. Most wouldn't fight back.
I disagree, but the way you describe your team, they would have been able to outwit TSA. Which is the point of this discussion, not whether Delta Force can successfully hijack an airliner. They can. That isn't the point. The point of this discussion is - does TSA bring anything to the table that their predecessors did not.
Originally Posted by
law dawg
But my short answer to your position is that the only crew I'm worried about resisting are FFDOs. The rest are easily handled.
Since you have a greater chance of encountering a FFDO than an FAM on any given flight, I'd say the odds of your success are rather low.