Aviation experts say the incident in which an off-duty pilot tried to disable a jetliner in midflight renews questions about the threat posed by insiders — airline workers who have special access to places where passengers can't go.
File - Pilots conduct a pre-flight check in the cockpit of a jet before taking off from Dallas Fort Worth airport in Grapevine, Texas, on Dec. 2, 2020. Aviation experts say the incident on Sunday in which an off-duty pilot, riding in a jump seat in a cockpit, tried to disable a jetliner in midflight renews questions about the threat posed by airline workers who have special access to places where passengers can't go. The attempt by an off-duty pilot to shut down the engines of a U.S.
The pilot who was arrested after Sunday's flight doesn't appear to have raised alarms. Neighbors and fellow members of a flying club where he was an instructor described him as a great guy who was obsessed with safety.as part of their regularly scheduled medical exams. The pilot involved in Sunday's incident got his most recent exam in September, according to FAA records.
“I’m afraid this will put that privilege in jeopardy now,” said Ross Aimer, a retired airline pilot who is now CEO of an aviation-consulting firm. “This is obviously an extremely important issue, and they have to quickly come up with an answer.”“Our flight crew vetting system is just that — it’s based on trust,” he said. “We have to trust personnel to a certain extent, or the system doesn’t work.”
“I think we're doing a pretty good job of managing the insider threat," he said."How often does this happen? Darn seldom. And it's just so hard to predict this kind of behavior.” Federal law requires that people seeking to work in secure areas of an airport must pass a criminal-records check and a"security threat assessment” that includes checking their names against a terrorism watch list. The vetting is conducted by the Transportation Security Administration.
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