Anti-hijack system shot down by pilot protests

[anat0l]

From SMH:

An anti-hijack code system that Israel had planned to require of all incoming planes has been bogged down by protests from pilots who argue it would raise new risks, including being shot down by accident.

Israel issued the Security Code System (SCS), a customised "smart" keypad, to pilots of five foreign carriers in 2008 in what it called a trial run for the credit card-sized device's general distribution among planes that enter its airspace.

But various global aviation groups have voiced misgivings about the SCS, which purports to point out planes that have been commandeered for al Qaeda-style kamikaze attacks.

Odd idea at best. Once they release how the system works, wouldn't any terrorist be able to make sure that the procedure is followed 'correctly' in order to mask any chance of being suspected of hijacking?

 

[markis10]

Very odd, we already have a very good system in place that did not work for 9/11, however that has been fixed, I am not sure the Israeli system adds anything to the existing system.