The sad thing is that the most constructive post 9/11 change they made, is just to reinforce the cockpit doors and change some of the procedures for when a pilot comes out to use the restroom (a flight attendant will typically block the way as he does that, sometimes with a cart, to make it hard for people to run up at that moment.) That small set of changes was cheap and safe with basically no downsides. Everything else is an expensive mess.
Dont forget air traffic control can override hijackers now since everything is computerised. ATC can land the plane back to the airport if hijackers took control.
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