airlines quickly reinforced cockpit doors made of bullet-resistant glass or sturdy metal bars. In 2003, the US noted that all commercial aircraft flying within the US would have bulletproof ...

Locked behind barriers — that is the new reality for Sacramento bus drivers. Airline pilots have locking cockpit doors, and ...

WASHINGTON (CNN) --U.S. Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta on Friday asked airlines to reinforce the cockpit doors on their aircraft, and directed the Federal Aviation Administration to take any ...

The recommendations include "deadbolt, crossbar, a net or other barrier devices" on cockpit doors, similar to the device American has designed for its doors; developing a way for flight attendants ...