Gregg, I believe the type of device they are talking about is the kind that shoots a projectile with two electrodes that penetrate the skin. Thin wires remain attached to the "gun" and deliver shock pulses to the cockpit invader. I think that aircraft instrumentation has enough immunity to withstand emissions from the wires. The main trouble with this gadget (most of them are one shot deals) is if the bad guy was smart enough to bring friends.
As for bullets, aircraft pressurization systems are designed with excess capacity. Even a couple of dozen bullet holes are very minor leaks for such a system. There would be a problem if a bullet damaged something but large aircraft have redundant systems for almost everything. Also, they would almost certainly only use pre- fragmented "safety rounds". These are made up of very small birdshot stuck together and are designed to disintegrate on impact. I think by now it should be obvious which one I would want the pilot to have if I were one of the passengers. Scott Lacey On 3 May 2002 at 12:38, Gregg Kervill wrote: > > There have been several reports here (in the US) that airlines are placing > guns or stun-guns on aircraft. > > I understand the risk of a bullet - I understand that the risk can be > reduced by using a flat, disc-shaped, rubber projectile. BUT, the though of > ANYONE discharging a stun gun on a flight deck full of mission critical > (and sometimes not well buffered) electronics scares me more that the though > of a terrorist. > > > Please can someone tell me that I should not worry - or to stop flying. > > > Best regards > > Gregg > > > ------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety > Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. > > Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ > > To cancel your subscription, send mail to: > [email protected] > with the single line: > unsubscribe emc-pstc > > For help, send mail to the list administrators: > Ron Pickard: [email protected] > Dave Heald: [email protected] > > For policy questions, send mail to: > Richard Nute: [email protected] > Jim Bacher: [email protected] > > All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: > http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ > Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list" ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: [email protected] with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: [email protected] Dave Heald: [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://ieeepstc.mindcruiser.com/ Click on "browse" and then "emc-pstc mailing list"
