There's an article in the Chicago Sun-Times that says this company, AirCell®, is going to be allowed to outfit some of American Airlines' planes with antennas that will allow passengers to use email and surf what Mr. Bush likes to call The Internets while flying on one of American Airlines' flights. You might recall when AirCell® was trying to outfit planes to allow cellular phone use and service on commercial flights. Apparently, that goal has been set aside because, "Most air travelers find their neighbors phone chatter annoying." I would have to venture a more accurate reason for setting that goal on the backburner was that members of the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board probably said something to the effect of, "Ummmm, let's see here, terrorists use cell phones as detonators. And hmmm...terrorists like to blow up planes. Umm, yyyyyeah...we're gonna have to say 'no-go' on this one..."
But now American Airlines is letting AirCell® wire some of their planes with WI-FI internet access?
It seems a little weird how potential breaches in security are not even addressed in any press regarding this brilliant plan to outfit commercial planes for civilian two-way transmissions.
In a post 9-11 America, do we really want to improve air-to-ground or even front of the plane-to-back of the plane communications for passengers on commercial flights? Why am I picturing some guy named "kill_infidels@hotmail.com" sending in flight email to coordinate with someone named "osamarocks2001@earthlink.net" who's on the ground or sitting ten seats closer to a galley full of flight attendants?
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