Originally Posted by eagle92
Ummm.....maybe I missed something. But, what does the password really do other than create more havoc than safety? I mean, honestly, we are talking about a plane, not a bloody train. If the wrong person is in the cockpit he/she doesn't need no stinking password to continue to their target. Not like they are on a track or something. This is more idiotic than the "stay in your designated cabin" rules. Who is the @:-) who came up with this one?
I think what your forgetting, is that if someone doesn't have the password and doesn't divert to IAD, they can easily be shot down. Whether this would actually be done to a 737 full of poeple becuase of a missing password is another story, but the pilots diverting is more of an idication of who is flying.