Nothing is that simple, although your security door idea is not a bad one, at that.
All a hijacker has to do is jump up, hold a gun or a knife to the head/neck of a flight attendant or child passenger and demand access to the flight cabin. They will not be refused access, security door or no security door.
Remember, 'political' hijackers are generally fanatics, often religious, and think that if they die killing an American for Allah, they go straight to valhalla. We are not dealing with rational people who say "Oh, the flight door is locked. Guess I'll forget this hijacking and order a drink". We wish.
That said, the more security, the better, but we shouldn't have to give up our freedom of movement or travel to accomodate terrorists.
I don't need some security officer asking me 'for my papers' every time I want to go somewhere. Instead, we should be eliminating the terrorists. We are in a war and all bets are off. If we cannot, as a people, find the courage to strike back at those who wish to kill our civilians, including women and children, then dance in the streets for joy to celebrate those American deaths, then we are lost. The time for talk and diplomacy is now over. Time for military action is here.
True security is found in strength.
Let's show some, now.
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