A firestorm of controversy has been ignited by the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) issued Sept. 21 by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding surveillance means immediately outside the cockpit and the method by which flight attendants will notify pilots of threats in the cabin. The FAA suggested in this NPRM that peepholes in the cockpit door and the use of the existing cabin-cockpit interphone system will suffice, and that television monitoring of the area immediately outside the cockpit and…
Cockpit-Cabin Security Proposal Raises Concerns About Need and Cost
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