Mesa FO's laptop goes missing at IAD
04-25-2008 | 09:16 AM
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I have them on my 10-9's. Not all airlines print them on the release, and for those that do, that's not secure iether...what do you do with the release when you're done, burn it? Noooo...
It's extremley unlikely that a random thief would know what those codes are for anyway. And there are numerous other defenses besides door codes.
It would not be a good idea to publish a list of all the codes on APC of course...that would identify their purpose AND make them locatable by people with a specific intent.
04-25-2008 | 09:27 AM
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Most of these doors have tons of people around them and on the other side. Any semi-vigiliant employee would challenge them. Typical media hype over something that amounts to the Mesa guy having his laptop jacked.
04-25-2008 | 10:07 AM
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Where the captains are exactley puting them I do not know, but in the trash is a lot more secure than on a lap-top that gets stolen. At least someones gonna have to dig through a SH** load of stuff before they find anything. then, if the release is still readable, that person would have to be able to read and understand the data on it. This is a long shot scenario as opposed to stealing someones lap-top and reading the microsft excell file labled "airport gate codes".
04-25-2008 | 10:36 AM
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These codes are useless to anyone who intends any harm. These codes are for the outside door of the jet bridge. It will get you in from the ramp into the jet bridge. Most gate doors require an ID or a SIDA badge to get through.
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