<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bulkhead:
Oh that's reassuring! So an ATC is trusted to sit a desk in Swanwick (or elsewhere) and not deliberately guide planes into each other, but can’t be trusted to sit on a jumpseat (having gone through suitable ID checks) where any terrorist activity would result in his/her own death?</font>
Correct. Brilliant bit of reasoning by the CAA. NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stabledoors and horses come to mind.