Not if he has a bomb though
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FinalRemix@lemmy.world 3 months agoThat’s what’s changed. Before, a hijacking meant a free trip to south America or Cuba. Now it means you’re likely to die if you don’t stop the hijackers. A planeful of pissed off passengers determined to live are gonna stop a would-be hijacker.
Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 3 months ago
nednobbins@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The Shoe Bomber and the Underwear Bomber don’t count? :)
Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 3 months ago
True, although those seemed like pretty seriously incompetent attempts
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Anger and bitterness degrade the brain.
SSJMarx@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Plus the cockpit doors lock. Which can turn out to be a double-edged sword if the pilot has a breakdown and decides he wants to take everyone else with him.
intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Rigidly hierarchical control structures always carry the implicit assumption that those at the top are the good guys. (That is if they’re being sold as a way to ensure good)
The common trope about “if you don’t have anything to hide why have privacy?” is overturned by challenging that assumption. Sometimes the guys doing the surveillance turn bad and then it’s a worse situation than if there wasn’t total surveillance.