Originally Posted by
TSORon
Heck, neither am I, but I am a licensed HAM operator, and all of these things are something HAM’s deal with on occasion.
Could be, I don’t have time for another hobby. I do know that if someone tries to bring a transmitter like those I have seen for RC through the checkpoint, there is a good chance it is going to be given additional screening. If the owner has been playing with explosives in the last few weeks it will never make it past the TSO's. Additionally, take one of those things out on board an aircraft and I’m fairly sure that once again your fellow passengers are going to say something. Then you get to deal with one of those pit-bull FA’s we all hear about.
I suspect an electronics expert could build a transmitter and receiver from RC components that would be tiny and hidden in another object. The device would only need to be a contact switch. It would be all over before a FA could react.
If I understand the Pan Am event no transmitter was required and given that TSA does not screen everyone the door is open for someone to introduce a weapon to the flight line.