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Hidden Stormtrooper Squad

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Have a second "crew restroom" in the back of the plane. During times when there is an elevated state of awareness, have a 4-man SWAT team packed in there like sardines (they would get in and out through a trapdoor in the floor leading into the cargo compartment, where they change into/out of maintenance uniforms to sneak in/out).

In the event of a hijacking, they barge out in full riot-control gear, tasers zapping and soap-bullet assault rifles blazing.

—21 Quest, Oct 02 2006

Baldrick's Bullet http://www.baldricks-bullet.co.uk/
"If I own the bullet with my name on it..." [DrBob, Oct 03 2006]

Gambler's fallacy http://en.wikipedia...i/Gambler's_fallacy
Why Baldrick's logic is faulty (as if you didn't know). [DrBob, Oct 03 2006]

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       \\a 4-man SWAT team packed in there like sardines \\ So the same as for everybody else then?
—hidden truths, Oct 03 2006
   

       I say, if you're going to all the trouble of packing a 4-man SWAT team, it doesn't make any sense hiding them - that's tantamount to *encouraging* hijackings isn't it?   

       For the really security conscious, each passenger should be forced into a Guantanamo style jumpsuit, handcuffed, shouted at, and told to maintain a kneeling position for the duration of the flight, as a stern SWAT teamster keeps their weapon trained on them in case they make any sudden moves.   

       On landing, the passengers can be ‘bagged’ before being bundled into the back of a van and taken away for questioning.   

       Or to be really, *really* sure, simply shoot anyone who attempts to board a commercial flight. Only this way, can we be sure to rid the skies of terror.
—zen_tom, Oct 03 2006
   

       The hand-cuffing idea actually has some merit [z_t]. I could see some people opting for such a flight. Very halfbaked.
—hidden truths, Oct 03 2006
   

       Thanks [h_t] has anyone considered utilising the improbability of any given airplane being hyjacked *twice* in one flight.   

       e.g. The crew is installed at the beginning of the flight as normal, but, sometime after take-off, they get hijacked by a team of desparate <airline> employees who ruthlessly continue to take the plane to its intended destination, and upon landing, issue their demands to the authorities (i.e. a landing gate, and one of those ladder-things to get the passengers off please) before threatening the passengers for flying with <airline>, informing them of the outside temperature, and wishing them a pleasant onward journey.   

       The result - the miniscule chances of any plane being hijacked twice make it so next to impossible that noone has to worry about it for the next billion years. Simple.
—zen_tom, Oct 03 2006
   

       Speaking as a member of a secret terrorist cell, I think I'll get a job with one of these squads. Sounds like just the thing.

//has anyone considered utilising the improbability of any given airplane being hyjacked *twice* in one flight//

Sounds to me like Baldrick's Bullet (link).
—DrBob, Oct 03 2006
   

       ... or the guy who always brings a bomb with him when flying, because what are the odds there's two bombs on the same plane?
—Shz, Oct 03 2006
   

       Bah, you and your 'plausable' science [DrBob]. As it happens, in this case, the excitement of a hijack (albeit a staged one) may very well deter any would-be terrorist from conducting a hijack of their own (alternately it might fire him up enough to join in. Believing himself to be among 'comrades' may make his capture easier*) or, if the terrorist hijack occurs before the <airline>'s, the preferred state of affairs can be reverted.   

       *see new idea.
—zen_tom, Oct 03 2006
   


 

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