Originally Posted by
boiflyer
Only problem I see with your plan is how do you intend to keep your physical composure when the plane is doing violent maneuvers bouncing you all around?
If I can come up with the idea of flight crews doing controlled aerobatic maneuvers to assist in thwarting an attempted intrusion, I can only imagine somebody that gets paid dollars to protect the airlines has certainly come up with the idea.
Sure, and that's an unknown quantity in my plan. The issue is 1) whether the pilot has the chops to pull it off (like in everything, some will and some won't) and 2) whether they know what's happening in time to do it. Just because there's a lot going on in the back doesn't mean they can hear it and know what's happening (how is that different in hearing than something like an EDP?). On the US Air flight where the FFDO cranked off the round into the plane no one even heard anything. A gun was fired on the plane and no one heard it, even in F.
You can't act without knowledge. It's the first O in OODA. You're talking about the A part (yaw) without getting there first.
But you can't plan for what people are going to do for the most part. You plan for what's in your control, make a best guess as to the rest, then train up. Me, I'd hit the door when it was open (food, restroom breaks). I'd need a sight more than 5 guys (9/11 crew) but I could get it done, no doubt. I'm pretty sure we wouldn't be able to use it as a missile (timing needed is too precise and you always have to account for Murphy) but taking the plane over, oh yeah. At the very least we'd have a field day with the pax. I'd be a bloodbath, which is a strategic victory, if not a tactical one.