During what thesafetyboarddescribedas a 'concentrated periodofdiscussion' neitherpilotmonitored the progress of theairplanenorair-trafficcontrol communications.
The flaws he found weren't instantly catastrophic, he said, but could be used to track private airplanes, intercept messages and jam communications between planes and air-traffic control.
But people who listen to pirate radio tend not to be concerned about the problem - which can also affect radio communications by emergency services and airtrafficcontrol.