Re: OT:Prevent Airline Hijacking

On Wed, 11 May 2005 22:13:22 +0000, Roger Hamlett wrote:

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> "Luhan Monat" <x@xxx> wrote in message
> news:R9vge.14860$tQ.2513@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hey, lots of brainpower in this ng. What about this...
>>
>> In "Wrath of Kahn", they took back control of the Enterprise by a secret
>> override code known only to bridge officers.
>>
>> Put this in every airliner, each with a unique and very secret code to
>> take control of it. Now, you just have to keep a few thousand codes
>> secret (1 floppy disc?) to protect the entire airline industry.

[snip]

> A 'few thousand' codes!. This underestimates the aviation fleet by
> several orders of magnitude.

Several, to me, means at least three. If a few thousand airplanes is three
orders of magnitude low, then you are saying that there are several
million large airplanes? This sounds a bit high to me.

Of course if you include small airplanes and general aviation and business
jets, then, yeah, there probably are millions. But I just don't believe
there are millions of large jet-powered airliners out there.

--Mac

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