Originally posted by mrmulder
I guess you're not a pilot because I have a good friend who's in the US Navy Reserve and is a flight nurse and she told me, and I agree with her that
"You wouldn't say out loud that you're being hijacked to other planes in the area to cause mass histeria and uneeded diversion of air traffic."
Lt. Miller
USNR
NC & Flight Nurse
A flight nurse is not a qualified pilot, so I fail to see why we should take her word on the issue. Her concern is with patients, not squawking IFF codes.
BTW the aircraft do not announce they are being hijacked. They simply set their transpoder to transmit the appropriate code. The ATC gets an immediate visual and audible signal and then calls the aircraft to confirm the code that they are sqwuaking.
The code would not cause mass hysteria to other pilots, as they know what it means and what will occur. Aircraft will be diverted away from the aircraft sqwauking the code and then the interceptors would be vectored in.
Keep on trying though.



