I don't know Baradium, I don't have to go through any security checks to get on Frontier in Anchorage or Fairbanks. 'Course where would you hijack a Frontier flight TO?
Terrorist: "I'm hijacking this plane, take me to Fort Yukon!"
Pilot: "Yeah, whatever were going to Kotezbue and that's all there is to it. No sit down and shut up or I'll go to Bethel instead."
I was talking about the random security screening.
We don't have TSA, and we aren't required to. An airline operating the same size aircraft in the lower 48 wouldn't have to either. There are some companies in the midwest using them, they may not have TSA either.
Sorry, couldn't resist! (apologies to residents of Kotezbue and Bethel....though Kotzebue's runway still bothers me...)
I went Nome-Kotz-Point Hope-Kotz-Point Hope-Fairbanks today in the freighter... 8.1 hours flying.
And that runway is interesting. Surrounded on 3 sides by water yet you are coming in over a bluff as well. I don't know how long since you've been in there but Alaska Airlines made them cut down the bluff some, they were worried that their planes were getting too close to it.
Anyway, you seem to have quite a rosy picture on how you'd be treated in your scenario.