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It's not a scenario that I'd considered as a possibility before, but it does seem quite plausible that a hijacker masquerading as police or an airport security
by motters 16y ago
It's not a scenario that I'd considered as a possibility before, but it does seem quite plausible that a hijacker masquerading as police or an airport security guard could get onto an aircraft without going through even so much as a metal detector. All they would need would be something which looks convincingly like a uniform, some fake badge and a gun.
- dustinchilson 16y agoActually to go through the security checkpoints armed federal agents need to have 2 sets of tickets printed from the check in desk. Which requires a call to their supervisor. They then have to fill out a form at the security check point and are asked for a secret password/code that is changed periodically. I don't think that just having credentials is going to get you past security. I know this because I have a friend who flys armed since he is a Border Patrol Agent.
- motters 16y agoIn that case maybe this isn't the loophole that I thought it could be.