Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20140324:00:26:00
It's called the squawk. you do not receive the squawk until you file your flight plan, receive your atc clearance. that clearance is received usually by a computer printout in the cockpit, and sometimes on a radio transmission. somehow, yes, you could poach a transponder code and put it in, but if you took off as soon as you got the gear up, you would be discovered. it would be the same if somebody stole your credit card, you reported it, and then the thief tried to use the credit card. as soon as they tried to use it, they would be discovered. that would set off some alert bells and the contr...