'No Amount of Vetting Can Eliminate It': Ex-Pilot Warns of Aviation's Insider Threat

Former commercial pilot GP Captain Ajay Ahlawat says the Flydubai cockpit attack has exposed a security challenge far more complex than 9/11. While cockpit doors and strict security protocols can keep threats out, he argues there is no foolproof way to eliminate risks when the potential threat is already inside the cockpit. From human error and fatigue to intentional acts, Ahlawat warns that aviation's greatest vulnerability may be the human factor itself, raising difficult questions about pilot screening, radicalisation and the limits of modern aviation security.