All a terrorist needs to hijack a plane is three seconds. As soon as the pilot opens the cockpit door, one could potentially just rush through to the controls. But it could just take a secondary barrier to add precious seconds and save lives.
After all the touching and feeling that went down this past fall, international airlines have bee hankering for a way to get back into passengers’ good graces. This checkpoint, along with eye scanners and souped-up passports, might be the ticket.
