Effectively, that stops the reports."
Amazing that this can be done in a post 9/11 world.
I must be made head of world wide aviation.
simple child like capabiklity to prevent the tracking of aircraft, so it never happens again.
Well, pretty much everything on the plane will need to at least have a circuit breaker in case of electrical problems.
They are not going to put anything electrical on the plane that cannot be shut off.
Now, what they could do is add one or two ways to contact the outside world from the cabin, so that the flight attendants or passengers could make a distress call. Make it so this could be shut off if necessary, but not from the cockpit.
Keep it as separate from the cockpit as it can be made.