That isn't a reasonable excuse for endangering people's lives. If he actually altered the engine output even 1% he belongs in jail. It is as simple as that. Lo

That isn't a reasonable excuse for endangering people's lives. If he actually altered the engine output even 1% he belongs in jail. It is as simple as that. Looking at flight information, seeing nearby aircrafts, etc are not dangerous and they provide "proof of concept." Heck he could even turn on and off the navigation lights as proof that he can "control the aircraft" without directly endangering anyone. I am sceptical like other people here that he actually altered the engine output from the entertainment system network. If he did then that would both be a gross lapse in basic aircraft security and he actually deserves some level of legal recourse for endangering other passenger's life, as well as thanks for exposing the vulnerability. I liken it to hacking into a car and causing the acceleration pedal to stick on momentarily when you change radio stations. It would definitely alert people to the problem, but how many lives have been endangered to alert people? In particular if he made a mistake and instead of having it stick for 1 sec he did 10 sec? Is it right to put other people's lives in the hands of his experiments? They didn't sign up to be his guinea pigs.