Originally Posted by
aluminumdriver
Security could be an issue. We watch what passengers do, we have folks who watch what our security issues are, how the electronic door operates, how carts are positioned, FA's positioned, etc.. We had a FAM once tell us to have law enforcement meet the jet as a passenger in F was drawing a sketch of the cockpit door. So a brief look at the cockpit door as you go to the lav or walk on the plane is a little different than taking a picture of it up close. AD
Sounds like Spy vs Spy from MAD magazine.
So who is actually watching the passengers who are watching your procedures?
If what you say is really true, I would say it is a waste of time and resources. So can you also have those people met by law enforcement for "suspicious watching"? If this is UA policy and the reasoning behind it, then maybe they need to publish the fact that any suspicious watching may get you arrested.
So UA feels that even if photos are not taken, there is still the possibility of terrorists (who else would want to know security procedures) studying and memorizing exactly how certain things are done an a flight. Exactly how does UA differentiate curious people from the terrorists? The next question would be, if UA knows that they are being "cased" have they alerted anyone that can do something about it, and what has UA done to mitigate the possible consequences?
My big question would be, why are not the BDO's catching all this suspicious people prior to boarding.
I would also like to know the outcome of the LEO's meeting the suspicious sketcher, if indeed that really did happen. What law could have possibly been broken? Or does UA feel so paranoid that they have their passengers inconvenienced for such trivial matters? What were the charges?
I am with pmocek on this entire thread. How can a photo make anything less secure? Even AD says that the suspected terrorists do not need photos, they just observe and memorize how certain procedures are performed.