The Stinger is a fire and forget weapon that tracks the infra-red heat signature of any aircraft. The missile is an all-up-round, encased in a canister at the factory. It requires no regular maintenance.
The launch device is separate from the missiles until loading. When you want to fire a missile, you open up the transport/storage canister, remove the missile round tube and mount it to the firing device, which should already have a battery in it. The gunner then applies power, releases the Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF) antennae that look like a flat BBQ grill that flips up on either side, and points the missile in the general direction of the enemy aircraft. He is normally aided on by his assistant. As the gunner gets on the target, he weaves the launcher back and forth a bit slowly and listens in his headphones for the missile acquisition tone. If the aircraft is "squawking" a friendly IFF code, he does not fire. If the aircraft is not squawking the code, indicating an enemy, the gunner can then pull the trigger and launch the missile. The missile is pushed out of the launch tube by a small explosive charge to a safe distance, then the solid rocket motor ignites and away she goes...tracking the heat from the aircraft engines. The missile is effective against all aircraft, including helos, within its operational radius. The latest versions have much improved seekers over those given to the Afghanis many years ago.
So...in answer to your question...this weapon can be used against any plane. There is no special secret decoder widget to protect civilian airliners, which don't have the military IFF codes anyway. (All aircraft squawk certain ID codes. Only US and certain allied military squawk the right special codes to protect themselves.) The man in the loop is the final protector against doing something very stupid.