A teenager allegedly hopped a fence, stole a plane and crashed it at a California airport (with video)

They really don't need to know anything about anything other than journalism (aka their job). You could argue that, from a bias standpoint anyway, the less they know about the subject going in, the better.

Unfortunately this was probably too much to ask when the industry was healthy (whenever that was). Now that it's dying, well, we get what we pay for.

The posters should be required to have an ATP!

Should that be "King Air Delta Whiskey India"?

Tell me it's not a CH751 key.

That is so right! My Craftsman tool box key opened and started almost everything I needed to work on in the 60s and 70s.

did you go fly them?

Go ahead, future felon.

You're saying stolen. Having property vandalized or destroyed is not the same as having property taken (stolen).
If someone goes into your house and throws your TV on the floor and smashes it, could you say they stole it? Uh no, not if it's still on your floor.

Although the delivery was a bit off JDL is mostly correct. From what I have seen in other parts of the world other than the US you wouldn’t see an aircraft sitting on the ramp for hours with the door opened. Unlike dkenna thinks, good aircraft security should probably start with the crew and doesn’t require any additional governmental assets.

In the US, the government is hardly ever a good solution to any problem, in most cases they are the problem. The last thing we need to increase airport security is more security personnel. For the most part they are idiots. The Department of Homeland Security is looking for every reason possible to expand their mission, and their budget, and things like this just add to their mission creep.

Don’t get me wrong, I leave the airplane unattended with the cabin door open in hopes of getting some of the heat out of the cabin. More of a pipe dream then anything else in the southeast during the summer. I’m not sure but I don’t think that’s normal practice outside the US.

Since 9/11 New Jersey has required a two lock system for every aircraft in their state for more than 24 hours. Obviously they don’t enforce it due to the fact that an overwhelming number of aircraft aren’t able to comply as equipped out of the factory, King Airs included. God forbid we drill a hole in a throttle lever to install a locking device, evidently that would change the airworthiness of the whole aircraft. It probably wouldn’t have stopped this situation but I’m sure the bureaucrats are bored and looking for the next best thing to save us from ourselves.

I probably should lock the aircraft to secure my latest issue of MAD Magazine. Need something to pass the time at cruise.