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Jan28
Is this really adding to our security?
On a recent long-haul flight, the pilot made his "Welcome aboard" announcement.
In the course of this, he said he wasn't allowed to tell us the route the aircraft would be taking but if we wanted to know, we could follow it on the moving map on the in-flight entertainment system.
I did wonder how much this enhanced my personal security.
I think that, if I wanted to re-configure Detroit or anywhere else by blowing up a plane over it, I'd use a more reliable way of knowing where I was than the in-flight entertainment map or the pilot's description. Long-haul flights are a bit unpredictable in their routing because of winds and congestion anyway, so just not telling passengers exactly where they are going seems to be of little value.
Or is there really a good reason for this?
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