American Airlines Begins Using New Cockpit Security Barriers Today - The Bulkhead Seat

American Airlines to Deploy Anti-Terror Barricades Beginning June 18

American Airlines will begin using anti-terror barricades on June 18. Although the barriers had already been installed on newly delivered aircraft, they remained inactive for nearly a year while the airline trained pilots and flight attendants on their use Installed Physical Secondary Barrier The anti-terror barricades, formally known as the Installed Physical Secondary Barrier (IPSB), serve as a secondary barrier between the bulletproof cockpit…

American Airlines Begins Using New Cockpit Security Barriers Today - The Bulkhead Seat

As of today, American Airlines has begun using newly installed secondary cockpit barriers on select aircraft, becoming only the second major US airline to implement the security measure after Southwest Airlines. The barriers are designed to provide an additional layer of protection for the flight deck when the cockpit door is opened during flight. Historically, flight attendants have used galley carts to temporarily block the aisle while a pilot…

American Airlines Now Uses New Cockpit Barricade For Pilot Bathroom Breaks

If you’re a frequent flyer on American Airlines, you might notice a new procedure as of today for when pilots go to the bathroom. This will eventually be coming to some planes on all US airlines, but American is one of the first to actually implement this, so let me explain what’s going on. American starts using new flight deck barrier feature It’s common for pilots to use the bathroom during a flight. When they do, it’s standard for flight atte…

Anti-Terror Cockpit Barricades Go Live On American Airlines Planes On June 18

American Airlines will deploy anti-terror cockpit barricades across its fleet on Thursday, June 18, for the first time, after the barriers were installed on newly built airplanes but left unused for nearly a year so that the Texas-based carrier could train tens of thousands of flight attendants and pilots on how to use them. The barricades are officially known as an ‘Installed Physical Secondary Barrier’ or IPSB for short. IPSBs are a secondary …