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911 Emergency Service Comes To The Sky
With one touch, an airline pilot or flight crew member will be able to access a secure network providing immediate two-way communication between the aircraft and the Inflight 911 team on the ground as well as numerous government agencies, such as the Federal Aviation Administration, the Department of Homeland Security, FEMA, the FBI or the CIA. The service can also be deployed outside the U.S. and will work even if the aircraft is on the ground, (travel.usatoday.com) Más...
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Don't most airlines already have something like this called SELCAL. Using VHF, HF, Satelite, or ACARS there is immediate connection to the ground station (IE: Displatch and Maintenence Control). Could they not handle this as well as other items of concern.
911 seems more direct, I guess.
Nice to see the crack aviation reporters and editorial staff at USA Today are on top of their game! Quoting the manufacturer as saying it would have helped the recent "rash" of sleeping controllers is just stupid. Those aircraft were in communication with TRACON at all times. Sounds like a typical government program/law that was created to solve a non-existent problem.
It appears that the department in charge of this is the "Department of Redundant Redundanties":)
@sbirch: There is a solution for everything - sleeping controllers for instance. Fire them all and replace them with computers, and the world is a better place for most.. (except the controller)
Pilot: We have been hijacked and are heading towards a major metropolitan city
911 operator: Confirm you are flight # XXX and that your plane has been hijacked and is heading towards a major metropolitan city
Pilot: Yes, that is correct
911 operator: Prepare to be shot down