Rogue Pilots Are a Growing Safety Threat—and No One Knows How to Stop Them

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A foundational principle in commercial aviation is that the pilots should have the ultimate authority over an airplane’s operation.

But remote-landing systems never became a reality on passenger planes. One concern: the systems risked being hacked.

— The Wall Street Journal · Andrew Tangel

First, guard against bad actors outside the cockpit; then, against those inside. This is the Byzantine Generals Problem in real life!