Re: another reason to avoid airbus: surveillance

2002-05-11 Thread Steve Schear
At 06:59 PM 5/10/2002 -0700, you wrote: On Friday, May 10, 2002, at 05:32 PM, Steve Schear wrote: At 05:06 PM 5/10/2002 -0400, you wrote: Black-and-white images captured by the cameras will be fed to screens in the cockpit via the cables used to distribute pictures to seat-back video

Re: another reason to avoid airbus: surveillance

2002-05-11 Thread Neil Johnson
On Friday 10 May 2002 07:32 pm, Steve Schear wrote: A less observable jamming means is to just bring a key chain penlight aboard and aim it at the light. If the light has a suction cup mount it can be mounted to the arm of the chair. For more clandestine use a two position switch on the

Re: another reason to avoid airbus: surveillance

2002-05-10 Thread Steve Schear
At 05:06 PM 5/10/2002 -0400, you wrote: Black-and-white images captured by the cameras will be fed to screens in the cockpit via the cables used to distribute pictures to seat-back video screens. Although only some lights will have cameras, potential terrorists will not know which ones.

Re: another reason to avoid airbus: surveillance

2002-05-10 Thread Tim May
On Friday, May 10, 2002, at 05:32 PM, Steve Schear wrote: At 05:06 PM 5/10/2002 -0400, you wrote: Black-and-white images captured by the cameras will be fed to screens in the cockpit via the cables used to distribute pictures to seat-back video screens. Although only some lights will

another reason to avoid airbus: surveillance

2002-05-09 Thread Major Variola (ret)
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns2256 Airbus, the European jet manufacturer, is planning to build concealed cameras into the light fittings above the seats in its aircraft. The idea is to let the crew monitor passengers and spot hijackers before they strike. The cameras also